# Do these "links" render as expected?

**URL:** <https://talk.commonmark.org/t/do-these-links-render-as-expected/2374>\
**Category:** Spec\
**Created:** [March 17, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/do-these-links-render-as-expected/2374 "2017-03-17T06:34:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![jgm](https://cdn.commonmark.org/user_avatar/talk.commonmark.org/jgm/32/1360_2.png) [@jgm](https://talk.commonmark.org/u/jgm)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/do-these-links-render-as-expected/2374/4 "2017-03-20T08:59:59Z")

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> When a link reference definition does not match any link reference, it is still treated as a link reference definition, but because there is no matching link reference, it will not appear in the output.

I agree that it would be worth being explicit about this in the spec. Could you put up an issue on jgm/CommonMark so I won’t lose track?

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