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Below is an initial pass at a specification for these links. | Below is an initial pass at a specification for these links. | ||
=rel-principles specification= | |||
rel-principles is a simple, open format for indicating statements of principles for the associated content, which is embeddable in HTML or XHTML, Atom, RSS, and arbitrary XML. | rel-principles is a simple, open format for indicating statements of principles for the associated content, which is embeddable in HTML or XHTML, Atom, RSS, and arbitrary XML. | ||
==Abstract== | |||
By adding <code>rel=”principles”</code> to a hyperlink, a page indicates that the destination of that hyperlink is a description of the principles the content on the page was created under. | By adding <code>rel=”principles”</code> to a hyperlink, a page indicates that the destination of that hyperlink is a description of the principles the content on the page was created under. | ||
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of principles name goes here</a> | of principles name goes here</a> | ||
==XMDP Profile== | |||
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Revision as of 23:57, 13 October 2009
A number of sites publish a "statement of principles" or a "code of ethics" that governs the behaviour of the author(s) of that site. This page is for discussion of a possible microformat for publishing links to those statements.
Below is an initial pass at a specification for these links.
rel-principles specification
rel-principles is a simple, open format for indicating statements of principles for the associated content, which is embeddable in HTML or XHTML, Atom, RSS, and arbitrary XML.
Abstract
By adding rel=”principles” to a hyperlink, a page indicates that the destination of that hyperlink is a description of the principles the content on the page was created under.
<a href="http://www.mediastandardstrust.org/code-of-practice" rel="principles">some statement of principles name goes here</a>
XMDP Profile
<dl class="profile">
<dt id="rel">rel</dt>
<dd><p>
<a rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html#adef-rel">
HTML4 definition of the 'rel' attribute.</a>
Here is an additional value.</p>
<dl>
<dt id="principles">statement of principles</dt>
<dd>Indicates that the referred resource is a statement of principles for the content on the referring page.</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>