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rel=contact is defined with different meanings by:
<h1>rel contact</h1>


* [http://www.w3.org/html/wg/html5/#link-type3 HTML 5]
rel="contact" was introduced by [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN 1.1] in 2004 and is in broad use across various social network sites (see [[hcard-xfn-supporting-friends-lists#Services_with_XFN_supporting_friends_lists|services with XFN supporting friends lists]]).
* [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN 1.1]


Use the XFN [[profile-uris|profile]] if you want to explicitly specify the XFN meaning of the term.  
Much later (~2007, citation needed), a draft of HTML5 redefined rel="contact" slightly differently (currently: [http://www.w3.org/html/wg/html5/#link-type3 HTML 5]).
 
Publishers should consider using the [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN 1.1 profile] to explicitly specify the XFN meaning.
 
Parsers should assume the earlier, well established and in use XFN rel="contact" meaning unless they encounter a document explicitly labeled as HTML5 that also lacks a reference to the [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN 1.1 profile].


This issue has been [[xfn-issues|documented]].
This issue has been [[xfn-issues|documented]].

Revision as of 21:00, 28 July 2008

rel contact

rel="contact" was introduced by XFN 1.1 in 2004 and is in broad use across various social network sites (see services with XFN supporting friends lists).

Much later (~2007, citation needed), a draft of HTML5 redefined rel="contact" slightly differently (currently: HTML 5).

Publishers should consider using the XFN 1.1 profile to explicitly specify the XFN meaning.

Parsers should assume the earlier, well established and in use XFN rel="contact" meaning unless they encounter a document explicitly labeled as HTML5 that also lacks a reference to the XFN 1.1 profile.

This issue has been documented.