For a frame-based interface to be effective, the component frames must be able to communicate between themselves. The name attribute to the <frame> tag acts as a branding, identifying the frame to the other frames, and to JavaScript as well. A link in one frame can open a new document in another frame by having the target attribute included in the hypertext reference. Using the previous example, a link in the index frame could open a new document in the page frame by including the following statement:

<a href="www.ozemail.com/~dtebbut" target="page">Dan Tebbutt in all his hypertext glory.</a>