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== brainstorming ==
== brainstorming ==
Several rel values are being considered for linking from a document to a previous version of that document.
Several rel values are being considered for linking from a document to a previous version of that document.
* rel=older
** -1 [[User:Tantek|Tantek]]: "older" feels wrong as a noun.
* rel=version
* rel=version
** +1 [[User:Tantek|Tantek]] : this feels like the most human-author-friendly term of these.
** +1 [[User:Tantek|Tantek]] : this feels like the most human-author-friendly term of these.
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** Mediawiki uses the term "revision" in the UI when you're viewing a previous version of a page.
** Mediawiki uses the term "revision" in the UI when you're viewing a previous version of a page.
** "revision" has a developer feel to it, common terminology in revision control systems (naturally) like git etc.
** "revision" has a developer feel to it, common terminology in revision control systems (naturally) like git etc.
* rel=older
** -1 [[User:Tantek|Tantek]]: "older" feels wrong as a noun.
* ...
* ...


=== related brainstorming ===
=== related brainstorming ===
==== current ====
A related use case is to be able to find the current version of document when looking at an older version. For this, the following rel values are being considered:
A related use case is to be able to find the current version of document when looking at an older version. For this, the following rel values are being considered:
* rel=current
* rel=current
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** might mean a specific link to the latest version, though W3C specs use the phrase "Latest Version" to label the link to the always current URL - [[User:Tantek|Tantek]]
** might mean a specific link to the latest version, though W3C specs use the phrase "Latest Version" to label the link to the always current URL - [[User:Tantek|Tantek]]
* ...
* ...
==== history ====
MediaWiki pages don't link directly to previous versions, rather they link to a "History" page which then links to previous versions.
We can at least consider brainstorming a link rel to that history page accordingly:
* rel=history - on a link from a page to a document that lists history of that page, perhaps linking to previous versions.
Is there any meaningful way to markup (rel value) links from a history page to the page itself or from a history page to previous versions of the page?


== related work ==
== related work ==
You can already use:
You can already use:
* [[rel-canonical]] to link to the canonical version of a page. But this doesn't mean it's a different version, if anything, it may be the exact same content just at a shorter or more reliable/official URL.
* [[rel-canonical]] to link to the canonical version of a page. But this doesn't mean it's a different version, if anything, it may be the exact same content just at a shorter or more reliable/official URL.
== FAQ ==
=== what about rel prev ===
What about rel="prev" (or "previous")?
[[rel-prev|rel=prev]] (and [[rel-next|next]]) are for sequential navigation/pagination, not historical revisions.


== see also ==
== see also ==
* [[existing-rel-values]]
* [[existing-rel-values]]
* [[rel-canonical]]
* [[rel-canonical]]

Revision as of 21:18, 1 April 2013

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Per the microformats process, this is a page for researching and brainstorming a rel value for linking to a previous version of a page.

use case

To be able to discover previous versions of a document automatically from a document.

examples

  • W3C. Nearly every W3C specification has a link in the header to the "Previous Version".
  • ...

formats

revision control systems

Revision control systems (RCS) like:

  • CVS
  • SVN
  • mercurial (hg)
  • git

All have ways of representing previous versions of a document.

brainstorming

Several rel values are being considered for linking from a document to a previous version of that document.

  • rel=version
    • +1 Tantek : this feels like the most human-author-friendly term of these.
  • rel=revision
    • Mediawiki uses the term "revision" in the UI when you're viewing a previous version of a page.
    • "revision" has a developer feel to it, common terminology in revision control systems (naturally) like git etc.
  • rel=older
    • -1 Tantek: "older" feels wrong as a noun.
  • ...

related brainstorming

current

A related use case is to be able to find the current version of document when looking at an older version. For this, the following rel values are being considered:

  • rel=current
    • seems like a link to something that is always current, not that it happens to be current right now. - Tantek
  • rel=latest
    • might mean a specific link to the latest version, though W3C specs use the phrase "Latest Version" to label the link to the always current URL - Tantek
  • ...

history

MediaWiki pages don't link directly to previous versions, rather they link to a "History" page which then links to previous versions.

We can at least consider brainstorming a link rel to that history page accordingly:

  • rel=history - on a link from a page to a document that lists history of that page, perhaps linking to previous versions.

Is there any meaningful way to markup (rel value) links from a history page to the page itself or from a history page to previous versions of the page?

related work

You can already use:

  • rel-canonical to link to the canonical version of a page. But this doesn't mean it's a different version, if anything, it may be the exact same content just at a shorter or more reliable/official URL.

FAQ

what about rel prev

What about rel="prev" (or "previous")?

rel=prev (and next) are for sequential navigation/pagination, not historical revisions.

see also