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The BASE element allows the URL of the document itself to be recorded in situations in which the document may be read out of context. URLs within the document may be in a "partial" form relative to this base address. The default base address is the URL used to retrieve the document.
HREF
The HREF attribute implies that the anchor acts as the start of a hypertext link. The destination is
designated by the value of the HREF attribute, which is expressed using Universal Resource Identifier (URI)
notation.
ID
An SGML identifier used as the target for hypertext links or for naming particular elements in
associated style sheets. Identifiers are NAME tokens and must be unique within the scope of the current
document.
<BASE> is legal within:
<HEAD>
The following markup can be used within <BASE>
none
<BASE HREF="http://www.anywhere.com/">