MAP - Client-side imagemap

Appearance:	<MAP NAME=`string`> </MAP>
Attributes:	NAME=`string`
Contents:	AREA.
May occur in:	BODY, DIV, CENTER, BLOCKQUOTE, FORM, TH, TD, DT, DD, LI, P, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, PRE, ADDRESS, TT, I, B, U, STRIKE, BIG, SMALL, SUB, SUP, EM, STRONG, DFN, CODE, SAMP, KBD, VAR, CITE, FONT, A, APPLET, CAPTION.

When you use a client-side imagemap, the information on the "hot spots" (clickable areas) in the image is defined here. Every selectable area should be mentioned in an AREA tag inside the MAP tag. The NAME attribute on the MAP tag assigns a name to the imagemap. The URL for the client-side imagemap should point to this.

For example, if you have a map named "foo", you could reference to it with <IMG SRC="map.gif" USEMAP="#foo"> if the image was on the same page.

Notes:

Client-side imagemaps are not widely supported yet, so try to offer a textual alternative or also use a server-side imagemap. This can be done by putting the IMG tag with the USEMAP attribute inside an A and by adding the ISMAP attribute.
Having the imagemap data in a separate file is not as widely supported as inlined data.

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