All [external resource links] have an algorithm to fetch and process the linked resource.
Individual link types may define their own [fetch and process the linked resource] algorithm, which takes the link
element el. But if not otherwise stated, they use the following default fetch and process the linked resource algorithm, given el:
- If el's
href
attribute's value... - ... stuff ...
- Fetch request. To process response given the response response:
- Let success be true.