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)
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)
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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