https://microformats.org/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=SergoTomMicroformats Wiki - User contributions [en]2026-05-03T12:43:14ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.38.4https://microformats.org/wiki/index.php?title=rel-directory&diff=2717rel-directory2005-11-05T17:50:22Z<p>SergoTom: /* Draft Specification 2005-08-24 */</p>
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== Draft Specification 2005-08-24 ==<br />
=== Editor ===<br />
* [http://theryanking.com Ryan King]<br />
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=== Authors===<br />
* Blaine Cook, [http://odeo.com Odeo]<br />
* [http://theryanking.com Ryan King], [http://technorati.com Technorati]<br />
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=== Concept ===<br />
* [http://tantek.com/ Tantek Çelik], [http://technorati.com Technorati]<br />
* [http://epeus.blogspot.com/ Kevin Marks], [http://technorati.com Technorati]<br />
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=== Acknowledgments ===<br />
Thanks to everyone who helped with brainstorming and feedback: Dorion Carroll, [http://www.joshkinberg.com/blog/ Josh Kinberg], [http://factoryjoe.com/blog/ Chris Messina], [http://anarchogeek.com/ Evan Henshaw Plath (Rabble)], [http://powazek.com/ Derek Powazek], Dr. Ernie Prabhakar, [http://sifry.com/alerts/ David Sifry], [http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/ David Weinberger], and many others.<br />
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=== Copyright ===<br />
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=== Patents ===<br />
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[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]<br />
[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz WTHPD2]<br />
[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]<br />
[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]<br />
[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]<br />
[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]<br />
[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]<br />
http://WTHP8.coolhost.biz<br />
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== Abstract ==<br />
Rel-Directory is one of several [[microformats]]. By adding <code>rel="directory"</code> to a hyperlink, a page indicates that the destination of the hyperlink is a directory listing containing an entry for the current page.<br />
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<pre><nowiki><a href="http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/" rel="directory">Computers/Internet</a></nowiki></pre><br />
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the author indicates that the page <code>http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/</code> is a directory listing for the referring page.<br />
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This assertion will typically apply to just the referring page, though it may in some cases refer to a larger work, such as a blog or podcast.<br />
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Additionally, in the case that the directory page is a taggable url (follows the [[rel-tag]] microformat), these<br />
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<pre><nowiki><a href="http://odeo.com/tag/arts/" rel="tag directory">arts</a><br />
<a href="http://technorati.com/blogs/evolution" rel="tag directory">evolution</a><br />
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can be used to show that the referred page is both a directory listing and a tag for the current page.<br />
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== Scope ==<br />
rel="directory" is specifically designed for building a directory in a distributed manner and for making links to any directory listing explicit.<br />
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== XMDP profile ==<br />
<pre><nowiki><br />
<dl class="profile"><br />
<dt id="rel">rel</dt><br />
<dd><p><br />
<a rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html#adef-rel"><br />
HTML4 definition of the 'rel' attribute.</a> <br />
Here is an additional value.</p><br />
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<dt id="directory">directory</dt><br />
<dd>Indicates that the referred resource serves as a directory listing for the referring page.</dd><br />
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== Implementations ==<br />
This section is '''informative'''. The following implementations have been developed which either generate or parse rel-directory links. If you have a rel-directory implementation, feel free to add it to the top of this list. Once the list grows too big, we'll make a separate wiki page.<br />
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* [http://technorati.com/blogs/ Technorati Blog Finder] is a blog directory that is organized and constructed by bloggers who themselves choose which categories their blog belongs in, using either a user interface, or by simply using a rel-directory tag link from their blog to the page for a particular category in a directory. See [http://technorati.com/help/blogfinder.html Technorati Blog Finder Help] for more info.<br />
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== References ==<br />
=== Normative References ===<br />
* [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/ HTML 4]<br />
* [http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/ XHTML]<br />
* [http://gmpg.org/xmdp/ XMDP]<br />
* [[rel-tag| Rel-Tag]]<br />
* [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt RFC 3986 specifies URL syntax]<br />
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=== Informative References ===<br />
* This document was originally cloned from the [[rel-tag]] specification.<br />
* [[directory-inclusion-examples]]<br />
* [[directory-inclusion-formats]]<br />
* [[directory-inclusion-brainstorming]]<br />
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=== Commentary ===<br />
* http://www.aef-dmoz.org/blog/index.php/2005/09/07/39-rel-directory-rel-tag-directory</div>SergoTom