[uf-discuss] Re: XFN + hCard

[Toby A Inkster]

David Janes wrote:

> But I'm seeing this in a lot of places in this sort of context:
> 
> <div (per user)>
>   <img src="... the user's picture ..." /> <a href="...
>   rel="contact">David Janes</a> (dpjanes)
> </div>
> 
> And various variations. Obviously this is ripe for hCardization, but is
> there a defined relationship between a XFN A within a hCard. Should
> there be?

Under the existing semantics of hCard and XFN, this:

	<a rel="friend" href="http://dave.example.com">Dave</a>

means "the owner of <http://dave.example.com> is my friend", and this:

	<span class="vcard">
	  <a class="fn url" href="http://dave.example.com">Dave</a>
	</span>

means "Dave is a contact; Dave owns <http://dave.example.com>". So if we 
combine those, without adding any additional semantics, then this:

	<span class="vcard">
	  <a class="fn url" rel="friend" 
	  href="http://dave.example.com">Dave</a>
	</span>

means "Dave is a contact; Dave owns <http://dave.example.com>; the owner 
of <http://dave.example.com> is my friend", which is pretty much what you 
want to express, right? 

So I don't see why we need to add anything to either spec to cover this 
situation, because the semantics follow automatically from each spec 
considered individually.

What we *should* add to the next version of XFN is rel="fiend", to keep 
people on their toes.

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