[EXTERNAL] Re: External Link Symbol

[Asmus Freytag]

On 4/11/2024 11:47 AM, Tom Moore wrote:
> Then multiply that by 2, for links that navigate current tab vs. request to open a new tab.

Is there a link to samples for all of these as used in practice, or is 
this just a theoretical distinction?

A./

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> From: Unicode <unicode-bounces at corp.unicode.org> On Behalf Of Slawomir Osipiuk via Unicode
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> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: External Link Symbol
>
> There are actually three kinds of links that are distinguishable from each
> other:
>
> - A link to a different location in the current document (anchor link/jump
> link)
> - A link to a resource on the same network/domain as the current document (local link/relative link)
> - A link to a resource on a different network (external link)
>
> All those can appear as symbols, used contrastively, within a run of text.
> I'm very surprised these haven't already been encoded and that there is any controversy. The consortium doesn't care much for precendent, but come on, we have "play"and "eject" symbols encoded!