2.1.7.25 External Link

An instance of the External Link (section 2.1.7.25) part ABNF specifies an external link (section 2.2.7.4).

Content type: application/vnd.ms-excel.externalLink

Source relationship: http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/externalLink

An External Link (section 2.1.7.25) part ABNF MUST be the target of an explicit relationship in the workbook (section 2.1.7.61) part.

If the External Link part specifies an external link (section 2.2.7.4) that is of type external workbook (section 2.1.10), the part MUST specify an explicit external relationship to an external workbook. If the External Link part specifies an external link (section 2.2.7.4) that is of type OLE data source (section 2.2.7.4.3), the part MUST specify an explicit external relationship to an OLE object (section 2.1.7.36). If the External Link part specifies an external link (section 2.2.7.4) that is of type DDE data source (section 2.2.7.4.2), the part MUST NOT specify any relationship.

An External Link part MUST NOT have any implicit or explicit relationships to any other parts specified by this document.

Record sequence ABNF:

For ABNF rules not listed here, see section 2.1.8.