diff --git a/t3lib/class.t3lib_parsehtml_proc.php b/t3lib/class.t3lib_parsehtml_proc.php
index 2843f93c08befb83d2d63777001b9b703433755b..8046c1cdabf1176e4b9d624bcd158dbb78231a53 100644
--- a/t3lib/class.t3lib_parsehtml_proc.php
+++ b/t3lib/class.t3lib_parsehtml_proc.php
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ class t3lib_parsehtml_proc extends t3lib_parsehtml {
 				unset($attribArray_copy['target']);
 				unset($attribArray_copy['class']);
 				unset($attribArray_copy['title']);
-				unset($attribArray_copy['external']);
+				unset($attribArray_copy['data-htmlarea-external']);
 				if ($attribArray_copy['rteerror']) { // Unset "rteerror" and "style" attributes if "rteerror" is set!
 					unset($attribArray_copy['style']);
 					unset($attribArray_copy['rteerror']);
@@ -590,8 +590,8 @@ class t3lib_parsehtml_proc extends t3lib_parsehtml {
 					$attribArray['class'] = preg_match('/ /', $attribArray['class']) ? '"' . $attribArray['class'] . '"' : $attribArray['class'];
 					$attribArray['title'] = preg_match('/ /', $attribArray['title']) ? '"' . $attribArray['title'] . '"' : $attribArray['title'];
 						// Creating the TYPO3 pseudo-tag "<LINK>" for the link (includes href/url, target and class attributes):
-						// If external attribute is set, keep the href unchanged
-					$href = $attribArray['external'] ? $attribArray['href'] : $info['url'] . ($info['query'] ? ',0,' . $info['query'] : '');
+						// If data-htmlarea-external attribute is set, keep the href unchanged
+					$href = $attribArray['data-htmlarea-external'] ? $attribArray['href'] : $info['url'] . ($info['query'] ? ',0,' . $info['query'] : '');
 					$bTag = '<link ' . $href . ($attribArray['target'] ? ' ' . $attribArray['target'] : (($attribArray['class'] || $attribArray['title']) ? ' -' : '')) . ($attribArray['class'] ? ' ' . $attribArray['class'] : ($attribArray['title'] ? ' -' : '')) . ($attribArray['title'] ? ' ' . $attribArray['title'] : '') . '>';
 					$eTag = '</link>';
 
@@ -613,14 +613,14 @@ class t3lib_parsehtml_proc extends t3lib_parsehtml {
 				} else { // ... otherwise store the link as a-tag.
 						// Unsetting 'rtekeep' attribute if that had been set.
 					unset($attribArray['rtekeep']);
-					if (!$attribArray['external']) {
+					if (!$attribArray['data-htmlarea-external']) {
 							// If the url is local, remove url-prefix
 						$siteURL = $this->siteUrl();
 						if ($siteURL && substr($attribArray['href'], 0, strlen($siteURL)) == $siteURL) {
 							$attribArray['href'] = $this->relBackPath . substr($attribArray['href'], strlen($siteURL));
 						}
 					}
-					unset($attribArray['external']);
+					unset($attribArray['data-htmlarea-external']);
 					$bTag = '<a ' . t3lib_div::implodeAttributes($attribArray, 1) . '>';
 					$eTag = '</a>';
 					$blockSplit[$k] = $bTag . $this->TS_links_db($this->removeFirstAndLastTag($blockSplit[$k])) . $eTag;
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ class t3lib_parsehtml_proc extends t3lib_parsehtml {
 						($tagCode[2] && $tagCode[2] != '-' ? ' target="' . htmlspecialchars($tagCode[2]) . '"' : '') .
 						($tagCode[3] && $tagCode[3] != '-' ? ' class="' . htmlspecialchars($tagCode[3]) . '"' : '') .
 						($tagCode[4] ? ' title="' . htmlspecialchars($tagCode[4]) . '"' : '') .
-						($external ? ' external="1"' : '') .
+						($external ? ' data-htmlarea-external="1"' : '') .
 						($error ? ' rteerror="' . htmlspecialchars($error) . '" style="background-color: yellow; border:2px red solid; color: black;"' : '') . // Should be OK to add the style; the transformation back to databsae will remove it...
 						'>';
 				$eTag = '</a>';
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ class t3lib_parsehtml_proc extends t3lib_parsehtml {
 					if (!$uP['scheme']) {
 						$attribArray['href'] = $this->siteUrl() . substr($attribArray['href'], strlen($this->relBackPath));
 					} elseif ($uP['scheme'] != 'mailto') {
-						$attribArray['external'] = 1;
+						$attribArray['data-htmlarea-external'] = 1;
 					}
 				} else {
 					$attribArray['rtekeep'] = 1;
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/extensions/TYPO3Link/class.tx_rtehtmlarea_typo3link.php b/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/extensions/TYPO3Link/class.tx_rtehtmlarea_typo3link.php
index 091e6100931fdf3c1474b257bd3a26a3c90de015..5b8a2522ec603094823f8997fc2a2e17671b22e6 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/extensions/TYPO3Link/class.tx_rtehtmlarea_typo3link.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/extensions/TYPO3Link/class.tx_rtehtmlarea_typo3link.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class tx_rtehtmlarea_typo3link extends tx_rtehtmlarea_api {
 			RTEarea['.$RTEcounter.'].buttons.'. $button .'.classesAnchorUrl = "' . $this->htmlAreaRTE->writeTemporaryFile('', 'classesAnchor_'.$this->htmlAreaRTE->contentLanguageUid, 'js', $this->buildJSClassesAnchorArray(), TRUE) . '";';
 			}
 			$registerRTEinJavascriptString .= '
-			RTEarea['.$RTEcounter.'].buttons.'. $button .'.additionalAttributes = "external' . ($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTCONF'][$this->extensionKey]['plugins'][$this->pluginName]['additionalAttributes'] ? (',' . $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTCONF'][$this->extensionKey]['plugins'][$this->pluginName]['additionalAttributes']) : '') . '";';
+			RTEarea['.$RTEcounter.'].buttons.'. $button .'.additionalAttributes = "data-htmlarea-external' . ($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTCONF'][$this->extensionKey]['plugins'][$this->pluginName]['additionalAttributes'] ? (',' . $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTCONF'][$this->extensionKey]['plugins'][$this->pluginName]['additionalAttributes']) : '') . '";';
 		}
 		return $registerRTEinJavascriptString;
 	}
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/mod3/class.tx_rtehtmlarea_browse_links.php b/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/mod3/class.tx_rtehtmlarea_browse_links.php
index ae1ec4bee91606eb4585adeb7260705b7f7bb0a9..41200be81afcca4959b0456b3957556aaa926b11 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/mod3/class.tx_rtehtmlarea_browse_links.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/mod3/class.tx_rtehtmlarea_browse_links.php
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class tx_rtehtmlarea_browse_links extends browse_links {
 		}
 			// Note: parseCurUrl will invoke the hooks
 		$this->curUrlInfo = $this->parseCurUrl($this->curUrlArray['href'],$this->siteURL);
-		if (isset($this->curUrlArray['external']) && $this->curUrlInfo['act'] != 'mail') {
+		if (isset($this->curUrlArray['data-htmlarea-external']) && $this->curUrlInfo['act'] != 'mail') {
 			$this->curUrlInfo['act'] = 'url';
 			$this->curUrlInfo['info'] = $this->curUrlArray['href'];
 		}
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ class tx_rtehtmlarea_browse_links extends browse_links {
 				if (document.ltargetform.anchor_class) browse_links_setClass(document.ltargetform.anchor_class.value);
 				if (document.ltargetform.ltarget) browse_links_setTarget(document.ltargetform.ltarget.value);
 				if (document.ltargetform.lrel) browse_links_setAdditionalValue("rel", document.ltargetform.lrel.value);
-				browse_links_setAdditionalValue("external", "");
+				browse_links_setAdditionalValue("data-htmlarea-external", "");
 				plugin.createLink(theLink,cur_target,cur_class,cur_title,additionalValues);
 				return false;
 			}
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ class tx_rtehtmlarea_browse_links extends browse_links {
 				if (document.ltargetform.anchor_class) browse_links_setClass(document.ltargetform.anchor_class.value);
 				if (document.ltargetform.ltarget) browse_links_setTarget(document.ltargetform.ltarget.value);
 				if (document.ltargetform.lrel) browse_links_setAdditionalValue("rel", document.ltargetform.lrel.value);
-				browse_links_setAdditionalValue("external", "");
+				browse_links_setAdditionalValue("data-htmlarea-external", "");
 				plugin.createLink(theLink,cur_target,cur_class,cur_title,additionalValues);
 				return false;
 			}
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ class tx_rtehtmlarea_browse_links extends browse_links {
 				if (document.ltargetform.anchor_title) browse_links_setTitle(document.ltargetform.anchor_title.value);
 				if (document.ltargetform.anchor_class) browse_links_setClass(document.ltargetform.anchor_class.value);
 				if (document.ltargetform.ltarget) browse_links_setTarget(document.ltargetform.ltarget.value);
-				browse_links_setAdditionalValue("external", "");
+				browse_links_setAdditionalValue("data-htmlarea-external", "");
 				plugin.createLink(theLink,cur_target,cur_class,cur_title,additionalValues);
 				return false;
 			}
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ class tx_rtehtmlarea_browse_links extends browse_links {
 							<tr>
 								<td>'.$LANG->getLL('emailAddress',1).':</td>
 								<td><input type="text" name="lemail"'.$this->doc->formWidth(20).' value="'.htmlspecialchars($this->curUrlInfo['act']=='mail'?$this->curUrlInfo['info']:'').'" /> '.
-									'<input type="submit" value="'.$LANG->getLL('setLink',1).'" onclick="browse_links_setTarget(\'\');browse_links_setHref(\'mailto:\'+document.lurlform.lemail.value);browse_links_setAdditionalValue(\'external\', \'\');return link_current();" /></td>
+									'<input type="submit" value="'.$LANG->getLL('setLink',1).'" onclick="browse_links_setTarget(\'\');browse_links_setHref(\'mailto:\'+document.lurlform.lemail.value);browse_links_setAdditionalValue(\'data-htmlarea-external\', \'\');return link_current();" /></td>
 							</tr>
 						</table>
 					</form>';
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ class tx_rtehtmlarea_browse_links extends browse_links {
 							<tr>
 								<td>URL:</td>
 								<td><input type="text" name="lurl"'.$this->doc->formWidth(20).' value="'.htmlspecialchars($this->curUrlInfo['act']=='url'?$this->curUrlInfo['info']:'http://').'" /> '.
-									'<input type="submit" value="'.$LANG->getLL('setLink',1).'" onclick="if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_+]{1,8}:/.test(document.lurlform.lurl.value)) { browse_links_setHref(document.lurlform.lurl.value); } else { browse_links_setHref(\'http://\'+document.lurlform.lurl.value); }; browse_links_setAdditionalValue(\'external\', \'1\'); return link_current();" /></td>
+									'<input type="submit" value="'.$LANG->getLL('setLink',1).'" onclick="if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_+]{1,8}:/.test(document.lurlform.lurl.value)) { browse_links_setHref(document.lurlform.lurl.value); } else { browse_links_setHref(\'http://\'+document.lurlform.lurl.value); }; browse_links_setAdditionalValue(\'data-htmlarea-external\', \'1\'); return link_current();" /></td>
 							</tr>
 						</table>
 					</form>';
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ class tx_rtehtmlarea_browse_links extends browse_links {
 							<td>
 							</td>
 							<td colspan="3">
-								<input type="submit" value="'.$LANG->getLL('update',1).'" onclick="' . (($this->act == 'url') ? 'browse_links_setAdditionalValue(\'external\', \'1\'); ' : '') .'return link_current();" />
+								<input type="submit" value="'.$LANG->getLL('update',1).'" onclick="' . (($this->act == 'url') ? 'browse_links_setAdditionalValue(\'data-htmlarea-external\', \'1\'); ' : '') .'return link_current();" />
 							</td>
 						</tr>';
 		}
@@ -1173,4 +1173,4 @@ if (defined('TYPO3_MODE') && isset($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS'][TYPO3_MODE]['XCLA
 	include_once($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS'][TYPO3_MODE]['XCLASS']['ext/rtehtmlarea/mod3/class.tx_rtehtmlarea_browse_links.php']);
 }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>