RAWeb 1.1RAPDF 1.1

Link

This term is defined by more than one standard, and the wording differs. Each definition below is the one that applies to that standard’s criteria.

Definition in RAWeb 1.1

In HTML

<a> tag with a href attribute;
Tag with a WAI-ARIA role="link" attribute and whose navigation action is handled by a script.

In SVG

<a> tag with xlink:href attribute in SVG 1.1.

Criteria in RAWeb 1.1

Definition in RAPDF 1.1

A link can take three different forms:

a text link, whose accessible name consists of text only;
an image link, whose accessible name is made up of the image alternative;
a composite link combining text and an image, in which case the accessible name consists of the text and the image alternative.