[uf-discuss] using rel to point to remote meta-data resource for a url identified resource

[Toby A Inkster]

Adrian Skardhamar wrote:

> <img src="http://someurl/photo_of_cow.jpg"
> rel="http://someurl/meta_data_about_photo_of_cow">

Firstly, the rel attribute does not normally hold a URI. Although  
placing a target URI in there is syntactically allowed, it is  
semantically incorrect - the rel attribute is designed for indicating  
the nature of a relationship, not the object of a relationship.

Secondly, the rel attribute is not valid on <img> using the usual  
HTML 4 and XHTML 1.x doctypes, nor is it valid in HTML5. The only  
published standard (that I'm aware of) that allows rel on <img> is RDFa.

Which brings me to the point that this is re-inventing something that  
RDFa can already deal with very easily:

	<img src="photo_of_cow.jpeg" rel="meta"
	 resource="metadata_about_photo_of_cow" />

This is already supported by many existing tools.

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