<ext-link>

External Link

Link to an email address or external file

Remarks

The standard XLink attributes can be used to provide a live link to the external source. The @specific-use attribute indicates whether the link is expected to be “live” (the default) or “dead”, so bad links can be marked.

The @ext-link-type attribute can be used to give an indication of the type of resource to which the external link points. While the Tag Set does not constrain the values of this attribute, and ordinary text is acceptable, suggested values are listed below. For full text, email and uri are the most common.

email

Email message

file

Local filename (see URI below)

ftp

File transfer protocol

uri

Website or web service

Attributes

ext-link-type Type of External Link
id Identifier
specific-use Specific Use
xlink:actuate Actuating the Link
xlink:href Href (Linking Mechanism)
xlink:role Role of the Link
xlink:show Showing the Link
xlink:title Title of the Link
xlink:type Type of Link
xmlns:xlink XLink Namespace Declaration

Related Elements

When an external link within narrative text points to supplementary material for the article, <inline-supplementary-material> is used in place of <ext-link>

Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA | ext-link | related-article | inline-supplementary-material | bold | italic | monospace | overline | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | alternatives | inline-graphic | mml:math | fn | target | xref | sub | sup)*

Description

Any combination of:

This element may be contained in:

<address>, <addr-line>, <aff>, <alt-title>, <array>, <article-meta>, <article-title>, <attrib>, <award-id>, <bold>, <chapter-title>, <chem-struct>, <chem-struct-wrap>, <collab>, <comment>, <contrib>, <contrib-group>, <copyright-statement>, <corresp>, <def-head>, <disp-formula>, <etal>, <ext-link>, <fig>, <fig-group>, <funding-source>, <funding-statement>, <graphic>, <inline-supplementary-material>, <institution>, <italic>, <kwd>, <license-p>, <media>, <mixed-citation>, <monospace>, <named-content>, <on-behalf-of>, <overline>, <p>, <part-title>, <preformat>, <product>, <publisher-loc>, <related-article>, <role>, <roman>, <sans-serif>, <sc>, <series>, <series-text>, <series-title>, <source>, <speaker>, <strike>, <string-name>, <styled-content>, <sub>, <subject>, <subtitle>, <sup>, <supplement>, <supplementary-material>, <table-wrap-group>, <target>, <td>, <term>, <term-head>, <th>, <title>, <trans-source>, <trans-subtitle>, <trans-title>, <underline>, <verse-line>, <xref>

Example 1

An email address

...</contrib-group>
<author-notes>
<corresp id="corr1">
<addr-line>Clara E. Hill, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College 
Park, MD 20742</addr-line>
<ext-link specific-use="live" xlink:href="mailto:hill@psyc.umd.edu"
 ext-link-type="email">hill@psyc.umd.edu</ext-link>
</corresp>
</author-notes>
...

Example 2

A Web address

...For more information on the New Freedom Commission go to 
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" specific-use="dead" 
xlink:href="http://mentalhealthcommission.gov/">http://mentalhealthcommission.gov/</ext-link>....

Module

common3.ent