Link
The Link element in IDML: where it appears (Spreads), its 22 attributes, their values, and how real documents use them.
Link appears in 47 of the 305 documents surveyed (15.4%), most often in Spreads. Paged reads 1 of its 22 attributes and writes 15.
Where it appears
Spreads· 47 documentsMasterSpreads· 1 documentsStories· 1 documents
Attributes
| Attribute | Values | Seen in | Paged | paged.set |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LinkResourceURI | ref | 100% | read · written | imageUri |
| AssetID | builtin | 89% | not read | |
| AssetURL | builtin | 89% | not read | |
| CanEmbed | true ·42 | 89% | written | |
| CanPackage | true ·42 | 89% | written | |
| CanUnembed | true ·42 | 89% | written | |
| ExportPolicy | NoAutoExport ·42 | 89% | written | |
| ImportPolicy | NoAutoImport ·42 | 89% | written | |
| LinkClassID | integer | 89% | written | |
| LinkClientID | integer | 89% | written | |
| LinkImportTime | text | 89% | not read | |
| LinkObjectModified | boolean | 89% | written | |
| LinkResourceFormat | builtin / enum | 89% | written | |
| LinkResourceModified | boolean | 89% | written | |
| LinkResourceSize | text | 89% | written | |
| Self | id | 89% | written | |
| ShowInUI | true ·41false ·3 | 89% | written | |
| StoredState | enum | 89% | written | |
| LinkImportModificationTime | text | 87% | not read | |
| LinkImportStamp | text | 87% | not read | |
| RenditionData | Actual ·38 | 81% | not read | |
| PDFIdentifier | integer | 6% | not read |
Values are listed only where real documents use a small, closed set; the number after each is how many documents use it. “Seen in” is the share of documents containing Link that set the attribute.
Explained in
Counts come from a survey of 305 IDML documents (2026-10-11); only aggregate facts are published. Paged’s support is read from its importer and exporter source, and the typed properties from the engine catalog.
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