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In [[HTML]], an attribute is part of an [[HTML element]].

See also [[Attribute–value pair]].

== Examples ==

The [[A (HTML element)|a element]] requires an attribute named '''href''', which specifies what the link is linking to.

The attribute looks like this:

 href="value"

Where "value" is a URL, or a path to a resource.  

In this example, the value of the attribute is a fully-qualified URL for Wikipedia:

 <nowiki><a href="http://wikipedia.org">Wikipedia</a></nowiki>

In the example below, the value of the attribute is another [[web page]] on the same [[website]].

 <a href="../another-page.html">Another web page</a>

== See also ==

* [[HTML]]
* [[HTML element]]

[[Category:HTML elements]]
[[Category:Web design and development]]