Clarification of Internal/External Links

[Jan-Eimertenbrink]

In the style guide, we define links under Internal and External Links as follows:

Interne Links öffnen sich immer im dem Tab, in dem der User sich gerade befindet. Der User kann jedoch selbst entscheiden, ob er den Link lieber in einem neuen Tab öffnen möchte. Externe Links öffnen sich immer in einem neuen Tab. Um das Verhalten dem User zu verdeutlichen, muss neben dem Text das Icon IconExternalLink angezeigt werden.

This raises the question: What exactly is an internal, and what is an external link?
Does an internal link apply to everything within the mittwald ecosystem, for example? Would a link from the Styleguide to mittwald.de be considered internal? Or does internal only refer to content on the same domain?
To avoid confusion, this distinction should be explicitly added to the section on handling internal and external links.

Addition

In the last part of the section: It’s about paying attention to the icon. However, the icon appears automatically as soon as target="_blank" is set.