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Markdown

Links and images in Markdown can provide the link destination or image source
at the time of use or can define it elsewhere and use a label for reference.
The reference format is convenient for keeping paragraph text clutter-free
and makes it easy to reuse the same URL in multiple places.
There are three kinds of reference links and images:
```markdown
Full: [text][label]
Collapsed: [label][]
Shortcut: [label]
Full: ![text][image]
Collapsed: ![image][]
Shortcut: ![image]
[label]: https://example.com/label
[image]: https://example.com/image
```
A link or image renders correctly when a corresponding label is defined, but
the text displays with brackets if the label is not present. This rule warns
of undefined labels for "full" and "collapsed" reference syntax.
> "Shortcut" syntax is ambiguous and a missing label will not generate an
error. For example, `[shortcut]` could be a shortcut link or the text
"shortcut" in brackets.