relationship-status

<entry-title>relationship status</entry-title>

Part of hcard-brainstorming for post-vCard3 additions. Per the microformats process:

relationship status examples

(move to a separate page relationship-status-examples when this section gets too big to include inline)

Facebook

From http://www.facebook.com/editprofile.php?sk=relationships (must be logged in)

Relationship status has two parts, one a discrete enumerated set provided as a select pop-up menu choice:

• (blank) - unspecified
• single
• in a relationship
• engaged
• married
• it's complicated
• in an open relationship
• widowed
• separated
• divorced

And then for *some* of those enumerated values, there is an optional field that indicates a person

• with person - chosen by selecting another profile (URL)

Flickr

From http://www.flickr.com/profile_edit.gne?from=personal (must be logged in)

Expressed as Singleness: by Flickr, the following mutually-exclusive radio button choices are given:

• ( ) Single
• ( ) Taken
• ( ) Open
• ( ) Rather not say

relationship status formats

(move to a separate page relationship-status-formats when this section gets too big to include inline)

XFN

XFN was not directly intended as a relationship status format, however, it's use can imply some relationship.

Specifically the following family and romantic values imply relationship status:

• spouse - implies married
• sweetheart - implies in a relationship (or an open relationship)

relationship status brainstorming

(move to a separate page relationship-status-brainstorming when this section gets too big to include inline)

• ...

external resources

• http://wiki.activitystrea.ms/w/page/28041547/heart - I did some previous research on relation status, specifically within the context of an activity of changing it, on the Activity Streams wiki. Should incorporate that here too. - Tantek

see also

• interested-in
• looking-for
• hcard-brainstorming
• user-profile
• vcard-suggestions