[uf-discuss] rel-xxx proposal

[Charles Iliya Krempeaux]

Hello,

On 10/26/05, Robert Bachmann <rbach at rbach.priv.at> wrote:
> Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I don't know of any current Microformat that covers this topic or
> > anything in the wild that covers it either.  Here's basically what I
> > propose:
> >
> >     <a rel="xxx" href="http://xxx-site.example.com/">XXX Site</a>
> >
> > This proposed Microformat is a way for page to "mark" what's at the
> > end of the href -- in this case http://xxx-site.example.com/ -- is an
> > XXX site.
> >
> > In my work creating IPTV sites and software, there is a need to mark
> > linked content as being XXX.  (That way parents could potentially
> > write/install user scripts to filter out all XXX content for their
> > kids.
>
> > Or if someone wanted to just focus this type of content, they
> > could do that too.  Etc.  There's alot more creative ways of making
> > use of that too.)
>
> > Opinions?
>
>  Robert wants to see porn so he searches for links with rel="xxx"
>
>  Some blogger posted a link to  r o t t e n . c o m and labeled it
>  with rel="xxx"
>
>  Robert thinks - oh I found a porn site - clicks the link and spends
>  2 hours with vommiting on the floor.
>
>  That could be counted as a creative use ;-)

That's where stuff like trust metrics come into play.  See:

Microformats Proposal for Reputation and Trust Metrics
http://changelog.ca/log/2005/09/12/proposed-microformats-for-reputation-and-trust-metrics

Basically, you don't have to believe what everyone tells you.


See ya

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     Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.

     charles @ reptile.ca
     supercanadian @ gmail.com

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