<link> (link) defines an association or hypertextual link among elements or passages, of some type not more precisely specifiable by other elements. [16.1. Links]
Modulelinking
Attributes
Member of
model.global.meta
Contained by
analysis: m phr s w
core: abbr add addrLine address author bibl biblScope cit citedRange corr date del distinct editor email emph expan foreign gloss head headItem headLabel hi imprint item l label lg list measure mentioned name note num orig p pubPlace publisher q quote rb ref reg resp rs rt said series sic soCalled sp speaker stage street term textLang time title unit
dictionaries: form gen lang
figures: cell figure table
header: authority change classCode distributor edition extent funder geoDecl handNote language licence principal scriptNote sponsor
linking: ab linkGrp seg standOff
msdescription: accMat acquisition additions catchwords collation collection colophon condition custEvent decoNote explicit filiation finalRubric foliation heraldry incipit institution layout material msItem musicNotation objectType origDate origPlace origin provenance repository rubric secFol signatures source stamp summary support surrogates typeNote watermark
namesdates: addName birth bloc country death district event eventName floruit forename genName gender geogFeat geogName object objectName offset org orgName persName persPronouns person personGrp persona place placeName region roleName settlement surname
textcrit: lem rdg wit
textstructure: back body dateline div docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint docTitle epigraph floatingText front group text
transcr: damage fw line metamark mod retrace secl sourceDoc supplied surface surfaceGrp surplus zone
May containEmpty element
Note

This element should only be used to encode associations not otherwise provided for by more specific elements.

The location of this element within a document has no significance, unless it is included within a linkGrp, in which case it may inherit the value of the type attribute from the value given on the linkGrp.

Example
<s n="1">The state Supreme Court has refused to release <rs xml:id="R1">
  <rs xml:id="R2">Rahway State Prison</rs> inmate</rs>
 <rs xml:id="R3">James Scott</rs> on bail.</s>
<s n="2">
 <rs xml:id="R4">The fighter</rs> is serving 30-40 years
for a 1975 armed robbery conviction in <rs xml:id="R5">the penitentiary</rs>.
</s>
<!-- ... -->
<linkGrp type="periphrasis">
 <link target="#R1 #R3 #R4"/>
 <link target="#R2 #R5"/>
</linkGrp>
Schematron

<sch:assert test="contains(normalize-space(@target),' ')">You must supply at least two values for @target or on <sch:name/>
</sch:assert>
Content model
<content>
 <empty/>
</content>
Schema Declaration
element link
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.pointing.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   empty
}