## ISO Standards Tag Set (ISOSTS) version 0.5: A customization of NISO JATS version 0.4

#### International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

# xlink:actuate

# Actuating the Link

Indicates to an application the intended behavior for a link, specifically, the timing for obtaining or retrieving the content of a link (for example, by a user clicking on the link to request the material, or by the material being automatically loaded with a document when the document or document component is loaded).

## Attribute Values

#### In Elements

<abbrev>, <bio>, <chem-struct>, <collab>, <contrib>, <custom-meta>, <element-citation>, <email>, <ext-link>, <funding-source>, <graphic>, <inline-graphic>, <inline-supplementary-material>, <institution>, <license>, <media>, <mixed-citation>, <named-content>, <related-article>, <supplementary-material>, <uri>

Value | Meaning
--- | ---
none | The behavior is unconstrained, and no other markup is generally available in the link to assist an application in deducing the retrieval mechanism.
onLoad | An application should retrieve the link at the same time a user obtains the initial document.
onRequest | An application should only retrieve the link after a user has physically triggered the retrieval, for example, clicked on the link.
other | The behavior is unconstrained, but other markup is generally available in the link to assist an application in deducing the retrieval mechanism.
Restriction: This attribute may be specified if the element is used.

## ISO Standards Tag Set (ISOSTS) version 0.5: A customization of NISO JATS version 0.4

#### Version of September 2011