[uf-discuss] hFoaF - Hypertext Friend of a Friend

[Martin McEvoy]

Toby A Inkster wrote:
> Martin McEvoy wrote:
>
>> <a rev="made"  href="http://someapp.com/">I made this app</a>
>>
>> would translate as  <http://referencingpage.com/> made
>> <http://someapp.com/> much better!
>
> No, it really is the other way around!

Do you think? so the above example would translate as...

<http://someapp.com/> made <http://referencingpage.com/>

change that example to a vote link....

<a rev="vote-for"  href="http://someapp.com/">I made this app</a>

your interpretation would translate as

<http://someapp.com/> vote-for <http://referencingpage.com/>

Is this correct?

[...]
> The way you're interpreting it is as "made by" which is a perfectly 
> natural and sensible interpretation,

Which is what I am intending to mean

> but wrong according to the specification of the term, and how it's 
> used in the wild. 

There is some evidence to say that in the wild most authors use rev=made 
wrongly

> This is a good illustration of why verbs are a bad idea as link types 
> - nouns or adjectives work better.
>
Agreed :-)

Thanks again Toby.


-- 
Martin McEvoy

http://weborganics.co.uk/