Re: rel="discuss"

[Eric Scheid <eric.scheid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/5/08 11:17 PM, "Aristotle Pagaltzis" <pagaltzis@xxxxxx> wrote:

> I am asking what would be gained by having
> 
>   <link rel="conversation" href="xmpp://foo"
>       label="Chat about foo" />
> 
> that it could not just as readily infer from
> 
>   <link rel="related" href="xmpp://foo"
>       label="Chat about foo" />
> 
> seeing as the critical bit of information for the machine seems
> to be conveyed by the `xmpp:` part in both cases and the critical
> bit of information for the user would be conveyed by the label in
> both cases.

Are you sure? what if you were presented with these two:

   <link rel="conversation" href="xmpp://foo" label="Chat about foo" />
   <link rel="something-else" href="xmpp://bar" label="something-opaque" />

Next, consider if these two were presented like this:

   <link rel="related" href="xmpp://foo" label="Chat about foo" />
   <link rel="related" href="xmpp://bar" label="something-opaque" />

Can the "xmpp://" be used for purposes other than conversation?

e.