Embed Block
An embed of another Hypermedia document, block or text range by hm:// link, rendered as content, a card, its comments or a link.

Extends

id
The block's permanent identity inside its document.
inherited
revision
Output only: CID of the last Change that modified this block.
optional · inherited
type
Block type tag, always `Embed`.
Embedoptional
link
The embedded resource — an `hm://` URL, optionally pinned to a version, block or text range.
attributes
Embed settings and parent-layout attributes.
optional
childrenType
How this block lays out its children — a children type such as `Unordered` or `Grid`.
optional
columnCount
Number of columns the children occupy when `childrenType` is `Grid`.
optional
view
How the target renders: its content, a card, its comments or a plain link.
optional

other fields:

An embed block shows another Hypermedia resource in place. link is required and is an hm:// URL. It may pin a version with ?v=, follow the latest with &l, and narrow the target to a block (#id), a block with its children (#id+) or a text range (#id[start:end]); see URLs. The view attribute is an embed view: Content, Card, Comments or Link. A block comment is a comment whose body starts with an Embed of the quoted block. Renderers detect cycles and fall back to a link.

See also

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