HTML rev attribute

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rev

The purpose of the HTML rev attribute is to define the relationship of the current document with another document specified by the value of the href attribute of the associated element.

Pictorial presentation

Supported elements

HTML rev attribute supports a and link elements.

Syntax

<ElementName rev="value" >.....</ElementName>

Where ElementName is any supported element.

Type of value

Link type.

Value

Value(Link types)	Description
alternate	May be a printed page, the same document in a different language or mirror document which is an alternate version of the current document.
stylesheet	Refers to an external style sheet for the document.
start	Refers to the first document in a collection of documents.
next	Refers to the next document in a series of documents.
prev	Refers to the previous document in a series of documents.
contents	Refer to the document which is a table of contents.
index	Refers to the document which is the index for the current document.
glossary	Refers to the document which contains an explanation of words used in the current document.
copyright	Refers to the copyright information of the current document.
chapter	Refers to a chapter of the current document.
section	Refers to a section of the current document.
subsection	Refers to a subsection of the current document.
appendix	Refers to an appendix for the current document.
help	Refers to a help document.
bookmark	Refers to a related document.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.

Example of rev attribute with a element

 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of HTML rev attribute with a element</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>This page contains an example of the HTML rev attribute</p>
<p><a rev='section' href='https://www.w3resource.com/index.php'>w3resource tutorials</a></p>
</body>
</html>

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