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Re: [LinkLog] flaw in the link rel="related" clarified




Suggestion:

 |rel="alternate"| - This is the permalink for the complete entry
 |rel="about"| - The entry is about this link.
 |rel="related"| - This link is related to the link the entry is about
 |rel="via"| = This is the source of the link the entry is about

Objections, anyone?

'about' and 'related' sound straightforward. But for the permalink, 'alternate' sounds strange/will be difficult to understand. Why not just 'perma' or 'permalink'?

Because 'alternate' is already in use. It has been non normatively defined by HTML and used as such in HTML documents to point to alternate representations of the document, such as Atom.

Well, if 'alternate' just stands for any arbitrary alternate, that's fine with me. However, the above explanation makes this much more specific, and says (or at least implies) that it is reserved for the permalink, which would be different from how this is used in HTML.

Good point. In that case I would prefer |rel="bookmark"|, which is also used in HTML documents and non normatively defined. It is also implemented by weblog software for marking the permalink of the entry.



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