rel-design-pattern
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Rel design pattern
Purpose
Use the rel-design-pattern to indicate the meaning of a link (i.e. a href) in an XHTML document
How to use it
- define the semantic meaning of a link (
A
withhref
) within a microformat and give it a namemf-rel-value
- this definition may also extend to the value of elements and text enclosed by the link
- add
rel="mf-rel-value"
to hyperlinks that have that semantic meaning within that microformat. - simple microformats that use only the rel-design-pattern are typically named after the rel-value
Examples
rel="bookmark"
The HTML4 spec describes a bookmark as "a link to a key entry point within an extended document". By convention (citation needed), this entry point also captures the notion of a "permalink".
<a href="archive/entry.html" rel="bookmark">A Document Entry</a>
rel="tag"
rel-tag defines semantic meaning for by the URI and enclosed elements using rel="tag"
<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/tech" rel="tag">tech</a>
See Also
- rel
- existing rel values
- rel examples
- rel FAQ
- rel design pattern
- rel values issues
- rel-registry
- All microformat design patterns
- HTML 4.01 definition of the
A
element - HTML 4.01 definition of the
rel
attribute - Microformats: rel-license, rel-nofollow, rel-tag
- Proposals: rel-directory, rel-enclosure
- VoteLinks FAQ Discusses issues with rel v. rev