Syntax
<A>...</A>
Attribute Specifications
HREF=URI (hypertext reference)
NAME=CDATA (named link destination)
REL=LinkTypes (relationship to link)
REV=LinkTypes (relationship from link)
TYPE=ContentType (content-type of link)
TARGET=FrameTarget (frame to render link in)
HREFLANG=LanguageCode (language of link)
CHARSET=Charset (character encoding of link)
ACCESSKEY=Character (shortcut key)
TABINDEX=Number (position in tabbing order)
SHAPE=[ rect | circle | poly | default ] (client-side image map)
COORDS=Coords (client-side image map)
ONFOCUS=Script (element received focus)
ONBLUR=Script (element lost focus)
common attributes
Contents:
Inline elements except A
Contained in:
Block-level elements, Inline elements except A

The A element denotes an anchor--a hypertext link or the destination of a link. The HREF attribute specifies a hypertext link to another resource, such as an HTML document or a JPEG image. Examples:

<A HREF="album.html">My photo album</A><br>
<A HREF="/images/Me.jpg">Picture of me</A><br>
<A href="http://www.eluk.co.uk/sounds/auldlang.mid" TYPE="audio/midi" ACCESSKEY=A>Auld Lang Syne (5 kB MIDI)</A><br>
<A HREF="hs5401.html" TITLE="Elements of the HEAD" REL=next>Section 2</A><br>
<A HREF="mailto:simon@eluk.co.uk" TITLE="Feedback on HTML 4.0 Reference">simon@eluk.co.uk</A><br>
<A HREF="http://www.eluk.co.uk/" TARGET="_top">eluk website</A><br>

Would be displayed like this:

My photo album
Picture of me
Auld Lang Syne (5 kB MIDI)

eluk1@eluk.co.uk
eluk website