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{{obsolete|see=[http://microformats.org/wiki/existing-rel-values Microformats: existing rel values]}}
This page lists the allowed extension values for the rel="" attribute in HTML5. You may add your own values to this list, which makes them legal HTML5 rel values. We ask that you try to avoid redundancy; if someone has already defined a value that does roughly what you want, please reuse it. Note that rel tokens are ASCII-lowercase before comparison against canonical value, so the canonical values should be listed without uppercase ASCII letters.
This page lists the allowed extension values for the rel="" attribute in HTML5. You may add your own values to this list, which makes them legal HTML5 rel values. We ask that you try to avoid redundancy; if someone has already defined a value that does roughly what you want, please reuse it. Note that rel tokens are ASCII-lowercase before comparison against canonical value, so the canonical values should be listed without uppercase ASCII letters.


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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan=2 | Keyword
|-
! colspan=2 | Effect on...
! Keyword
! rowspan=2 | Brief description
! Effect on <code>link</code>
! rowspan=2 | Link to more details
! Effect on <code>a</code>, <code>area</code>
! rowspan=2 | Synonyms
! Brief description
! rowspan=2 | Status
! Link to more details
|-  
! Synonyms
! link
! Status
! a and area
|-
| pronunciation
| external resource
| not allowed
| The referenced file contains a set of rules that associates strings of characters (e.g. words) with pronunciation instructions. For example, a rule can define whether the word "tomato" is to be spoken in the british or north-american way. These pronunciation rules should be processed by voice-enabled user-agents (e.g. web browsers that support TTS rendering), but conversely, "pronunciation" link/rel files can be completely ignored by systems that do not have speech capabilities. An example of possible format is W3C PLS (Pronunciation Lexicon Specification), with the MIME type "application/pls+xml" (and usually, the extension ".pls"). When several pronunciation lexicons are referenced within a single HTML document, and/or when a pronunciation rule is specified more than once for a given string of characters, the last occurrence of the rule takes precedence (in document order), such that any previously-defined pronunciation rule gets overridden.
| [http://www.w3.org/TR/pronunciation-lexicon/ Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) Version 1.0 (W3C Recommendation 14 October 2008)] <br/> [http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7601 Previously-filed bug #7601]
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| Proposal
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| accessibility
| accessibility
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| The linked document contains accessibility information for the linking document.
| The linked document contains accessibility information for the linking document.
| [http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2009/rel-accessibility/ Bruce Lawson]
| [http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2009/rel-accessibility/ Bruce Lawson]
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|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
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| the person represented by the current document considers the person represented by the referenced document to be an acquaintance
| the person represented by the current document considers the person represented by the referenced document to be an acquaintance
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
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|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
|-
| admin
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| The linked document contains administrative option(s) for the current document and related pages.
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| option
| Proposal
|-
| ajax
| not allowed
| hyperlink
| The link is controlled through javascript, and will load the page linked to though an ajax interface. Without javascript, it should behave as a normal "a" tag, and content change is done server side.
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| Proposal
|-
|-
| alternate
| alternate
|colspan=6| See HTML5
|colspan=6| See HTML5
|-
| answer
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| A link to the answer to the question this section or document asks, e.g. in a FAQ or in a sample exam. Unlike ‘reply’ or ‘comment’ this resource necessarily solves the problem.
| [[Talk:RelExtensions#Q_and_A|Q&A]]
| (reply, comment)
| Proposal
|-
| application-manifest
| external resource
| Not allowed
| A manifest for this web application.  The manifest contains metadata about the web application, such as its name, description, and permissions the application might require.
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|
| Proposal
|-
|-
| archives
| archives
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| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| not allowed
| not allowed
| Robots (e.g., search engines) should treat the document containing the tag as a minor variation of the linked document, which may result in the removal of the former from a web index and in the consolidation of its quality signals in the latter.
| Robots (e.g., search engines) should treat the document containing the tag as a minor variation of the linked document, which may result in the removal of the former from a web index and in the consolidation of its quality signals in the latter. Links with rel=canonical must not specify a language, type, or different kind of media; the referenced document must have the same language, type and target media.
| [http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html]
| [http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html]
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|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
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For security against traffic theft, rev must be meaningless.
For security against traffic theft, rev must be meaningless.
| [http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139066 Google's analogous service] and [[Talk:RelExtensions#On_canonical-domain.2C_canonical-wwwnone.2C_and_canonical-first|Talk for this page]]
| [http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139066 Google's analogous service] and [[Talk:RelExtensions#On_canonical-domain.2C_canonical-wwwnone.2C_and_canonical-first|Talk for this page]]
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|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
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Where the group of pages corresponds to a subdirectory and a canonical URL value can point to the subdirectory resulting in a user arriving at the subdirectory's index page which is part of the group, this shorthand is unnecessary and one rel="canonical" will suffice.
Where the group of pages corresponds to a subdirectory and a canonical URL value can point to the subdirectory resulting in a user arriving at the subdirectory's index page which is part of the group, this shorthand is unnecessary and one rel="canonical" will suffice.
| [[Talk:RelExtensions#On_canonical-domain.2C_canonical-wwwnone.2C_and_canonical-first|Talk for this page]]
| [[Talk:RelExtensions#On_canonical-domain.2C_canonical-wwwnone.2C_and_canonical-first|Talk for this page]]
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|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
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Search engines could more consistently aggregate same-person pages with less confusion due to name similarity.
Search engines could more consistently aggregate same-person pages with less confusion due to name similarity.
| [http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7681 W3C Bug 7681]
| [http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7681 W3C Bug 7681]
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|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
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Search engines could more consistently aggregate same-organization pages with less confusion due to name similarity.
Search engines could more consistently aggregate same-organization pages with less confusion due to name similarity.
| [http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7682 W3C Bug 7682]
| [http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7682 W3C Bug 7682]
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|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
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| external resource
| external resource
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| Both bare and www-prefixed domain names usually direct to the same site. Especially when external links to a site vary in the form used, search engine indexing concentrated on only one domain form may raise its credibility. The rel value is the form preferred for indexing, e.g., rel="http://example.net". Nothing to the right of the top-level domain is needed.
| Both bare and www-prefixed domain names usually direct to the same site. Especially when external links to a site vary in the form used, search engine indexing concentrated on only one domain form may raise its credibility. The rel value is the form preferred for indexing, e.g., href="http://example.net". Nothing to the right of the top-level domain is needed.
For security against traffic theft, rev must be meaningless.
For security against traffic theft, rev must be meaningless.
| [http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139066 Google's analogous service] and [[Talk:RelExtensions#On_canonical-domain.2C_canonical-wwwnone.2C_and_canonical-first|Talk for this page]]
| [http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139066 Google's analogous service] and [[Talk:RelExtensions#On_canonical-domain.2C_canonical-wwwnone.2C_and_canonical-first|Talk for this page]]
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|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
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| the referenced person is a child of the person represented by the current document
| the referenced person is a child of the person represented by the current document
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
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|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
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|-
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| the referenced person lives in the same residence as the person represented by the current document
| the referenced person lives in the same residence as the person represented by the current document
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
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|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
|-
|-
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| the referenced person is a co-worker of the person represented by the current document
| the referenced person is a co-worker of the person represented by the current document
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
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|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
|-
|-
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| the referenced person is a colleague of the person represented by the current document
| the referenced person is a colleague of the person represented by the current document
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
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|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
|-
|-
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| the person represented by the current document considers the person represented by the referenced document to be a contact
| the person represented by the current document considers the person represented by the referenced document to be a contact
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
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|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
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| this person considers the referenced person to be a crush (i.e. has a crush on the referenced person)
| this person considers the referenced person to be a crush (i.e. has a crush on the referenced person)
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
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|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
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| this person considers the referenced person to be a date (i.e. is dating the referenced person)
| this person considers the referenced person to be a date (i.e. is dating the referenced person)
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
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|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
|-
| details
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| The referenced document contains additional (or complete) details about the current document (for example, a "read more..." hyperlink on a blog page that leads to the full posting).
|
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| Proposal
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|-
| dns-prefetch
| dns-prefetch
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|  
|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
|-
|-
|-
| edit
| edit
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| a link to an RSD file describing how to edit the given page.
| a link to an RSD file describing how to edit the given page.
| [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/blogs/gems/tech/rsd.htm rsd]
| [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/blogs/gems/tech/rsd.htm rsd]
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|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
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| the destination of the hyperlink is intended to be downloaded and cached.
| the destination of the hyperlink is intended to be downloaded and cached.
| [http://microformats.org/wiki/rel-enclosure rel-enclosure]
| [http://microformats.org/wiki/rel-enclosure rel-enclosure]
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| Proposal
|-
| enlarged
| not allowed
| hyperlink
| For anchors that have one child image element, indicates that the linked document is an image file which is the same as the child image element of the link except a larger size (dimensions).
| [http://dvdgoss.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/the-case-for-relenlarge-in-html5/ David Goss]
|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
|-
|-
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|colspan=6| See HTML5
|colspan=6| See HTML5
|-
|-
| feed
| extension
|colspan=6| See HTML5
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| Browser extension
| [http://mozillalabs.com/jetpack/2010/05/12/indexing-and-auto-detecting-browser-extensions-on-the-web/ Mozilla Labs]
|
| Proposal
|-
|-
| first
| first
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| the person represented by the current document considers the person represented by the referenced document to be a friend
| the person represented by the current document considers the person represented by the referenced document to be a friend
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
|
|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
|-
| gallery
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| A ''graphic'' index that the current document or section is a part of or that illustrates the same topic.
|
| (index, list)
| Proposal
|-
|-
| glossary
| glossary
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| Target document provides ITS (Internationalization tag Set) rules for processing the current document.
| Target document provides ITS (Internationalization tag Set) rules for processing the current document.
| [http://www.w3.org/TR/its/ ITS]
| [http://www.w3.org/TR/its/ ITS]
|
|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
|-
|-
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| the referenced person is part of the extended family of the person represented by the current document
| the referenced person is part of the extended family of the person represented by the current document
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
|
|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
|-
| lang-alt-[ISO 639-1 code]
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| The linked document contains a version of the current document in an alternative language. "[ISO 639-1 code]" is replaced with the appropriate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes ISO 639-1 language code]. The ISO 639-1 code is used when the browser (or other user agent) wants to display either the full name of the language or a flag, as a visual aid for the end user.
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| Proposal
|-
| lang-orig-[ISO 639-1 code]
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| The linked document contains a version of the current document in the language the document was originally written in. "[ISO 639-1 code]" is replaced with the appropriate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes ISO 639-1 language code]. The ISO 639-1 code is used when the browser (or other user agent) wants to display either the full name of the language or a flag, as a visual aid for the end user.
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| Proposal
|-
|-
| last
| last
|colspan=6| See HTML5
|colspan=6| See HTML5
|-
| latest-version
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| The referenced document is the latest version of the current document.
| [http://www.iana.org/assignments/link-relations/link-relations.txt], [http://tools.ietf.org/search/rfc5829#section-3.2 RFC5829]
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| Proposal
|-
|-
| license
| license
|colspan=6| See HTML5
|colspan=6| See HTML5
|-
| login
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| The login keyword indicates that the referenced document provides an interface (user, pwd) to authenticate a registered user of the page/or to registrate a new user.
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| search
| Proposal
|-
|-
| logout
| logout
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| The linked document provides a resource for the UA to request when all currently open documents of the same "group" are closed (to facilitate logging out the current user).
| The linked document provides a resource for the UA to request when all currently open documents of the same "group" are closed (to facilitate logging out the current user).
| [[LogoutRelExtension]]
| [[LogoutRelExtension]]
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| Proposal
|-
| <span id="longdesc">longdesc</span>
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| Related to [http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/30 ISSUE-30]. <br/><abbr title="Assistive Technology">AT</abbr> should treat an element wrapped in a link with <code>rel="longdesc"</code> as equivalent to an element with <code>longdesc="URI"</code>.
| (1) [http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Jun/0738.html Eric Eggert's original proposal, 25th of June 2007],  <br/>(2) [http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Jun/0798.html Maciej's comment, 25th of June 2007], <br/>(3) [http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10434 Bug 10434, the HTMLwg, 2010]<br/>(4) [http://microformats.org/wiki/existing-rel-values#POSH_usage rel="longdesc" listed as POSH in Microformats.org]
| <code>&lt;foo longdesc="URL"/></code> <br/>is synonymous to <br/><code>&lt;a rel="longdesc" href="URL">&lt;foo/>&lt;/a></code>
| Proposal
|-
| map
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| the referenced document represents a map of the location of the subject of the current document; parsers ''may'' use the URI or target page to determine coordinates.
| to follow
|  
|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
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| the referenced document represents the same person as does the current document
| the referenced document represents the same person as does the current document
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
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|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
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| this person has met the referenced person
| this person has met the referenced person
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
|
|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
|-
| meta
| external resource
| hyperlink
| publishing RDF/FOAF files
| [http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-rdf-syntax-19990222/#transport RDF], [http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/#sec-autodesc FOAF]
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| Proposal
|-
|-
| muse
| muse
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| the referenced person inspires the person represented by the current document
| the referenced person inspires the person represented by the current document
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
|
|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
|-
|-
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| the referenced person lives nearby the person represented by the current document
| the referenced person lives nearby the person represented by the current document
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
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|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
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|-
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| A URI that refers to the immediately following archive document.
| A URI that refers to the immediately following archive document.
| [http://www.iana.org/assignments/link-relations/link-relations.xhtml Atom Link Relations], <br />[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5005 RFC5005]
| [http://www.iana.org/assignments/link-relations/link-relations.xhtml Atom Link Relations], <br />[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5005 RFC5005]
|
|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
|-
|-
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| noreferrer
| noreferrer
|colspan=6| See HTML5
|colspan=6| See HTML5
|-
| noprefetch
| external resource
| hyperlink
| Denies prefetching (not fetching) as a cost-control option for website owners, especially where pages are dynamic, leading to prefetching of wrong and useless pages.<br />
The link provides a per-page denial whereas a and area provide a per-element denial.<br />
For link, attributes rel="noprefetch" denies prefetching of the page at the href URL and rev="noprefetch" denies prefetching of the page bearing the link.<br />
For a and area, rel is as above and rev is meaningless.
| [http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7918 W3C Bug 7918]
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| Proposal
|-
|-
| note
| note
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| An in-page or out-page jump to a footnote. This encompasses ''note'', ''footnote'', ''endnote'', and ''sidenote''.
| An in-page or out-page jump to a footnote. This encompasses ''note'', ''footnote'', ''endnote'', and ''sidenote''.
| [[Talk:RelExtensions#On_footnote.2C_note.2C_and_jump|Talk]]
| [[Talk:RelExtensions#On_footnote.2C_note.2C_and_jump|Talk]]
| sidenote
|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
|-
|-
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| the referenced person is a parent of the person represented by the current document
| the referenced person is a parent of the person represented by the current document
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
|
|  
| Accepted
| Accepted
|-
|-
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| A URI where payment is accepted.
| A URI where payment is accepted.
| [http://www.iana.org/assignments/link-relations/link-relations.xhtml Atom Link Relations]
| [http://www.iana.org/assignments/link-relations/link-relations.xhtml Atom Link Relations]
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|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
|-
|-
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| The linked document is the PGP public key file (which may contain multiple keys) of the author(s) of the page.
| The linked document is the PGP public key file (which may contain multiple keys) of the author(s) of the page.
| [http://purl.org/net/pgpkey/], [http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/blog/archives/000320.html]
| [http://purl.org/net/pgpkey/], [http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/blog/archives/000320.html]
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|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
|-
|-
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| prefetch
| prefetch
|colspan=6| See HTML5
|colspan=6| See HTML5
|-
| prerender
| external resource
| not allowed
| Prerender the specified URL including all subresources and running all scripts.
| [http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/prerender Chromium Prerendering]
|
| Proposal
|-
| presentation
| external resource
| hyperlink
| Like ‘print’ this relation references a resource that represents the same content or topic, but in a ''very'' different manner. It is similar to media=projection, but is to be used where text is substituted by graphics, animations and sounds, which goes beyond mere style switching.
This relation is also appropriate for links from thumbnail to full resolution images.
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| slides, slideshow
| Proposal
|-
|-
| prev
| prev
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| A URI that refers to the immediately preceding archive document.
| A URI that refers to the immediately preceding archive document.
| [http://www.iana.org/assignments/link-relations/link-relations.xhtml Atom Link Relations], <br />[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5005 RFC5005]
| [http://www.iana.org/assignments/link-relations/link-relations.xhtml Atom Link Relations], <br />[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5005 RFC5005]
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|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
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This is semantically more specific than "canonical" and "alternate". Where type, medium, and/or language differ, consider "alternate"; where any of them differ but the purpose is printing, consider applying both values.
This is semantically more specific than "canonical" and "alternate". Where type, medium, and/or language differ, consider "alternate"; where any of them differ but the purpose is printing, consider applying both values.
| [http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7645 W3C Bug 7645]
| [http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7645 W3C Bug 7645]
|
|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
|-
|-
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| this referenced link is a metadata profile for the current document
| this referenced link is a metadata profile for the current document
| [http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#profiles HTML Meta data profiles], <br />[http://www.w3.org/2003/g/glean-profile Example of profile in a-elements]
| [http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#profiles HTML Meta data profiles], <br />[http://www.w3.org/2003/g/glean-profile Example of profile in a-elements]
|
|  
| Proposal
| Proposal
|-
|-
| pronunciation
| question
| external resource
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| The referenced document offers one or more pronunciations to aid text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis software, especially for unusual and new words. The referenced document can be in any format that supports the functionality, including *.pls.
| A link to the question this section or document answers, e.g. in a FAQ or in a sample exam.  
| [http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7601 W3C Bug 7601 as HTML5 proposal] and [http://www.w3.org/TR/pronunciation-lexicon/ Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) 1.0]
| [[Talk:RelExtensions#Q_and_A|Q&A]]
|
| topic, subject, problem, (up)
| Proposal
| Proposal
|-
|-
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| this referenced link identifies a resource related to the current document
| this referenced link identifies a resource related to the current document
| [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4287#section-4.2.7 Atom Syndication Format]
| [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4287#section-4.2.7 Atom Syndication Format]
|
| Proposal
|-
| reply
| hyperlink
| hyperlink
| A follow-up posting to this document or section or in the thread this document or section is an index of.
| [[Talk:RelExtensions#Threading|Thread]]
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| The linked document is a zipped resource package
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| The linked document is the page/email an agent (people or firm or...) responsible for reviewing the content.
| [http://wiki.csswg.org/test/css2.1/format#reviewer]
| [http://wiki.csswg.org/test/css2.1/format#reviewer]
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| A URI that refers to a resource equivalent to the containing element.
| [http://www.iana.org/assignments/link-relations/link-relations.xhtml Atom Link Relations], <br />[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4287 RFC4287]
| [http://www.iana.org/assignments/link-relations/link-relations.xhtml Atom Link Relations], <br />[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4287 RFC4287]
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| Identifies a shorter form of the URL for the current document, provided by the document owner.
| [http://code.google.com/p/shortlink/wiki/Specification shortlink Specification]
| [http://code.google.com/p/shortlink/wiki/Specification shortlink Specification]
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| the referenced person is a sibling of the person represented by the current document
| the referenced person is a sibling of the person represented by the current document
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
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| Accepted
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| the referenced person is a spouse of the person represented by the current document
| the referenced person is a spouse of the person represented by the current document
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
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| Accepted
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| statechart
| external resource
| not allowed
| A reference to an SCXML document that controls the application-flow of the current HTML document
| [http://www.w3.org/TR/scxml/ SCXML]
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| stylesheet
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|colspan=6| See HTML5
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| not allowed
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| this person considers the referenced person to be their sweetheart
| this person considers the referenced person to be their sweetheart
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| [http://gmpg.org/xfn/11 XFN]
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| [http://www.w3.org/TR/timesheets/#smilTimesheetsNS-Elements-Timesheet SMIL Timesheets 1.0]
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| A link to a manifest for Windows Live Writer.
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The "Effect on... link" column must either say "not allowed" if the rel value is not allowed on &lt;link> elements, "hyperlink" if the rel value creates a hyperlink, or "external resource" if the rel value creates a link to an external resource.
The "Effect on link" column must either say "not allowed" if the rel value is not allowed on &lt;link> elements, "hyperlink" if the rel value creates a hyperlink, or "external resource" if the rel value creates a link to an external resource.


The "Effect on... a and area" column must either say "not allowed" or "hyperlink".
The "Effect on a and area" column must either say "not allowed" or "hyperlink".


For the "Status" section to be changed to "Accepted", the proposed keyword must either have been through the [http://microformats.org/wiki/process Microformats process], and been approved by the Microformats community; or must be defined by a W3C specification in the Candidate Recommendation or Recommendation state. If it fails to go through this process, it is "Rejected".
For the "Status" section to be changed to "Accepted", the proposed keyword must either have been through the [http://microformats.org/wiki/process Microformats process], and been approved by the Microformats community; or must be defined by a W3C specification in the Candidate Recommendation or Recommendation state. If it fails to go through this process, it is "Rejected".


For more details, see [http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#linkTypes the HTML5 specification]. See also [http://microformats.org/wiki/existing-rel-values the Microformats wiki page on this matter].
For more details, see [http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#linkTypes the HTML5 specification].
 
===See also===
*[http://microformats.org/wiki/existing-rel-values the Microformats wiki page on this matter].
*[http://blogs.plos.org/mfenner/2011/02/14/how-to-use-citation-typing-ontology-cito-in-your-blog-posts/ How to use Citation Typing Ontology (CiTO) in your blog posts] - proposes several values for marking up academic citations, but confuses the direction of the relationship (note comments)
 
[[Category:Registries]]

Latest revision as of 18:32, 3 November 2012

This document is obsolete.

For more information, see: Microformats: existing rel values


This page lists the allowed extension values for the rel="" attribute in HTML5. You may add your own values to this list, which makes them legal HTML5 rel values. We ask that you try to avoid redundancy; if someone has already defined a value that does roughly what you want, please reuse it. Note that rel tokens are ASCII-lowercase before comparison against canonical value, so the canonical values should be listed without uppercase ASCII letters.

Keyword Effect on link Effect on a, area Brief description Link to more details Synonyms Status
pronunciation external resource not allowed The referenced file contains a set of rules that associates strings of characters (e.g. words) with pronunciation instructions. For example, a rule can define whether the word "tomato" is to be spoken in the british or north-american way. These pronunciation rules should be processed by voice-enabled user-agents (e.g. web browsers that support TTS rendering), but conversely, "pronunciation" link/rel files can be completely ignored by systems that do not have speech capabilities. An example of possible format is W3C PLS (Pronunciation Lexicon Specification), with the MIME type "application/pls+xml" (and usually, the extension ".pls"). When several pronunciation lexicons are referenced within a single HTML document, and/or when a pronunciation rule is specified more than once for a given string of characters, the last occurrence of the rule takes precedence (in document order), such that any previously-defined pronunciation rule gets overridden. Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) Version 1.0 (W3C Recommendation 14 October 2008)
Previously-filed bug #7601 		Proposal
accessibility hyperlink hyperlink The linked document contains accessibility information for the linking document. Bruce Lawson Proposal
acquaintance hyperlink hyperlink the person represented by the current document considers the person represented by the referenced document to be an acquaintance XFN Accepted
admin hyperlink hyperlink The linked document contains administrative option(s) for the current document and related pages. option Proposal
ajax not allowed hyperlink The link is controlled through javascript, and will load the page linked to though an ajax interface. Without javascript, it should behave as a normal "a" tag, and content change is done server side. Proposal
alternate See HTML5
answer hyperlink hyperlink A link to the answer to the question this section or document asks, e.g. in a FAQ or in a sample exam. Unlike ‘reply’ or ‘comment’ this resource necessarily solves the problem. Q&A (reply, comment) Proposal
application-manifest external resource Not allowed A manifest for this web application. The manifest contains metadata about the web application, such as its name, description, and permissions the application might require. Proposal
archives See HTML5
author See HTML5
bookmark See HTML5
canonical hyperlink not allowed Robots (e.g., search engines) should treat the document containing the tag as a minor variation of the linked document, which may result in the removal of the former from a web index and in the consolidation of its quality signals in the latter. Links with rel=canonical must not specify a language, type, or different kind of media; the referenced document must have the same language, type and target media. [1] Proposal
canonical-domain external resource not allowed More than one domain may have largely similar or identical content but only one of the domains should be indexed for search engines. E.g., a company may have short and long domain names for the same content.

For security against traffic theft, rev must be meaningless.

Google's analogous service and Talk for this page Proposal
canonical-first external resource hyperlink Where the canonical value should point to a group of pages, but the link can point to only one page, the group of pages can be clarified by choosing the first page in the group and assigning the URL for this rel link.

For security against traffic theft, rev must be meaningless.
This is only shorthand for providing two link elements, one on the noncanonical page to a "canonical" page and the other on the canonical page to the "first" page of the group. Where the group of pages corresponds to a subdirectory and a canonical URL value can point to the subdirectory resulting in a user arriving at the subdirectory's index page which is part of the group, this shorthand is unnecessary and one rel="canonical" will suffice.

Talk for this page Proposal
canonical-human external resource hyperlink Pages about a person across many websites can be associated based on name, nationality, birthplace, dates of birth and death, when flourished, and other identifiers.

Search engines could more consistently aggregate same-person pages with less confusion due to name similarity.

W3C Bug 7681 Proposal
canonical-organization external resource hyperlink Pages about an organization across many websites can be associated based on name, headquarters site, and other identifiers.

Search engines could more consistently aggregate same-organization pages with less confusion due to name similarity.

W3C Bug 7682 Proposal
canonical-wwwnone external resource hyperlink Both bare and www-prefixed domain names usually direct to the same site. Especially when external links to a site vary in the form used, search engine indexing concentrated on only one domain form may raise its credibility. The rel value is the form preferred for indexing, e.g., href="http://example.net". Nothing to the right of the top-level domain is needed.

For security against traffic theft, rev must be meaningless.

Google's analogous service and Talk for this page Proposal
chapter hyperlink hyperlink Target document is a subdocument of the current document. HTML4 section, subsection, appendix Proposal
child hyperlink hyperlink the referenced person is a child of the person represented by the current document XFN Accepted
co-resident hyperlink hyperlink the referenced person lives in the same residence as the person represented by the current document XFN Accepted
co-worker hyperlink hyperlink the referenced person is a co-worker of the person represented by the current document XFN Accepted
colleague hyperlink hyperlink the referenced person is a colleague of the person represented by the current document XFN Accepted
contact hyperlink hyperlink the person represented by the current document considers the person represented by the referenced document to be a contact XFN Accepted
contributor hyperlink hyperlink The linked document is the page/email an agent (people or firm or...) involved in the production of the content, but not his main author(s). Proposal
crush hyperlink hyperlink this person considers the referenced person to be a crush (i.e. has a crush on the referenced person) XFN Accepted
date hyperlink hyperlink this person considers the referenced person to be a date (i.e. is dating the referenced person) XFN Accepted
dns-prefetch external resource not allowed Force the DNS lookup of specific hostnames. Mozilla DNS Prefetching,
Chromium DNS Prefetching 		Proposal
edit hyperlink hyperlink Target document is an editable version of the current document. Atom Protocol Proposal
edituri hyperlink not allowed a link to an RSD file describing how to edit the given page. rsd Proposal
enclosure hyperlink hyperlink the destination of the hyperlink is intended to be downloaded and cached. rel-enclosure Proposal
enlarged not allowed hyperlink For anchors that have one child image element, indicates that the linked document is an image file which is the same as the child image element of the link except a larger size (dimensions). David Goss Proposal
external See HTML5
extension hyperlink hyperlink Browser extension Mozilla Labs Proposal
first See HTML5
friend hyperlink hyperlink the person represented by the current document considers the person represented by the referenced document to be a friend XFN Accepted
gallery hyperlink hyperlink A graphic index that the current document or section is a part of or that illustrates the same topic. (index, list) Proposal
glossary hyperlink hyperlink Target document provides definitions for words in current document. HTML4 Proposal
help See HTML5
hub hyperlink not allowed Indicates a URL which implements both sides of the PubSubHubbub protocol. PubSubHubbub Proposal
i18nrules hyperlink not allowed Target document provides ITS (Internationalization tag Set) rules for processing the current document. ITS Proposal
icon See HTML5
index See HTML5
jump not allowed hyperlink Indicates a same page jump from the current fragment to another fragment. (E.g. sometimes online newspapers insert direct text saying "article continues below the image/advert" - they could instead use "jump" link. Ultimately, it indicates a page internal link.) Talk Proposal
kin hyperlink hyperlink the referenced person is part of the extended family of the person represented by the current document XFN Accepted
lang-alt-[ISO 639-1 code] hyperlink hyperlink The linked document contains a version of the current document in an alternative language. "[ISO 639-1 code]" is replaced with the appropriate ISO 639-1 language code. The ISO 639-1 code is used when the browser (or other user agent) wants to display either the full name of the language or a flag, as a visual aid for the end user. Proposal
lang-orig-[ISO 639-1 code] hyperlink hyperlink The linked document contains a version of the current document in the language the document was originally written in. "[ISO 639-1 code]" is replaced with the appropriate ISO 639-1 language code. The ISO 639-1 code is used when the browser (or other user agent) wants to display either the full name of the language or a flag, as a visual aid for the end user. Proposal
last See HTML5
latest-version hyperlink hyperlink The referenced document is the latest version of the current document. [2], RFC5829 Proposal
license See HTML5
login hyperlink hyperlink The login keyword indicates that the referenced document provides an interface (user, pwd) to authenticate a registered user of the page/or to registrate a new user. search Proposal
logout external resource not allowed The linked document provides a resource for the UA to request when all currently open documents of the same "group" are closed (to facilitate logging out the current user). LogoutRelExtension Proposal
longdesc  hyperlink hyperlink Related to ISSUE-30.
AT should treat an element wrapped in a link with rel="longdesc" as equivalent to an element with longdesc="URI". 		(1) Eric Eggert's original proposal, 25th of June 2007,
(2) Maciej's comment, 25th of June 2007,
(3) Bug 10434, the HTMLwg, 2010
(4) rel="longdesc" listed as POSH in Microformats.org 		<foo longdesc="URL"/>
is synonymous to
<a rel="longdesc" href="URL"><foo/></a> 		Proposal
map hyperlink hyperlink the referenced document represents a map of the location of the subject of the current document; parsers may use the URI or target page to determine coordinates. to follow Proposal
me hyperlink hyperlink the referenced document represents the same person as does the current document XFN Accepted
met hyperlink hyperlink this person has met the referenced person XFN Accepted
meta external resource hyperlink publishing RDF/FOAF files RDF, FOAF Proposal
muse hyperlink hyperlink the referenced person inspires the person represented by the current document XFN Accepted
neighbor hyperlink hyperlink the referenced person lives nearby the person represented by the current document XFN Accepted
next See HTML5
next-archive hyperlink hyperlink A URI that refers to the immediately following archive document. Atom Link Relations,
RFC5005 		Proposal
nofollow See HTML5
noreferrer See HTML5
noprefetch external resource hyperlink Denies prefetching (not fetching) as a cost-control option for website owners, especially where pages are dynamic, leading to prefetching of wrong and useless pages.

The link provides a per-page denial whereas a and area provide a per-element denial.
For link, attributes rel="noprefetch" denies prefetching of the page at the href URL and rev="noprefetch" denies prefetching of the page bearing the link.
For a and area, rel is as above and rev is meaningless.

W3C Bug 7918 Proposal
note not allowed hyperlink An in-page or out-page jump to a footnote. This encompasses note, footnote, endnote, and sidenote. Talk Proposal
openid.delegate external resource not allowed OpenID 1.1 authentication delegation OpenID specification Proposal
openid.server external resource not allowed OpenID 1.1 authentication delegation OpenID specification Proposal
openid2.local_id external resource not allowed OpenID 2.0 authentication delegation OpenID Auth 2.0 section 7.3.3 Proposal
openid2.provider external resource not allowed OpenID 2.0 authentication endpoint OpenID Auth 2.0 section 7.3.3 Proposal
parent hyperlink hyperlink the referenced person is a parent of the person represented by the current document XFN Accepted
payment hyperlink hyperlink A URI where payment is accepted. Atom Link Relations Proposal
pgpkey hyperlink not allowed The linked document is the PGP public key file (which may contain multiple keys) of the author(s) of the page. [3], [4] Proposal
pingback See HTML5
prefetch See HTML5
prerender external resource not allowed Prerender the specified URL including all subresources and running all scripts. Chromium Prerendering Proposal
presentation external resource hyperlink Like ‘print’ this relation references a resource that represents the same content or topic, but in a very different manner. It is similar to media=projection, but is to be used where text is substituted by graphics, animations and sounds, which goes beyond mere style switching.

This relation is also appropriate for links from thumbnail to full resolution images.

slides, slideshow Proposal
prev See HTML5
prev-archive hyperlink hyperlink A URI that refers to the immediately preceding archive document. Atom Link Relations,
RFC5005 		Proposal
print external resource hyperlink The referenced document is recommended for printing, even though the referent document is capable of being printed and both documents are of the same type, medium, and language. A typical case is where content spread over multiple pages is also available on a single page that is more convenient to print.

This is semantically more specific than "canonical" and "alternate". Where type, medium, and/or language differ, consider "alternate"; where any of them differ but the purpose is printing, consider applying both values.

W3C Bug 7645 Proposal
profile hyperlink hyperlink this referenced link is a metadata profile for the current document HTML Meta data profiles,
Example of profile in a-elements 		Proposal
question hyperlink hyperlink A link to the question this section or document answers, e.g. in a FAQ or in a sample exam. Q&A topic, subject, problem, (up) Proposal
related hyperlink hyperlink this referenced link identifies a resource related to the current document Atom Syndication Format Proposal
reply hyperlink hyperlink A follow-up posting to this document or section or in the thread this document or section is an index of. Thread posting, comment Proposal
resource-package external resource not allowed The linked document is a zipped resource package Resource Packages Proposal
resources external resource not allowed a higher level alternative to HTTP Content Negotiation for other resources linked from the document, in a yet to be specified format resource-description, content-negotiation Proposal
reviewer hyperlink not allowed The linked document is the page/email an agent (people or firm or...) responsible for reviewing the content. [5] Proposal
script not allowed not allowed Was proposed to replace <script>. Use <script> instead. none Rejected
search See HTML5
self hyperlink hyperlink A URI that refers to a resource equivalent to the containing element. Atom Link Relations,
RFC4287 		Proposal
service external resource not allowed Points to a resource describing a service API ServiceRelExtension Proposal
shortlink hyperlink hyperlink Identifies a shorter form of the URL for the current document, provided by the document owner. shortlink Specification Proposal
sibling hyperlink hyperlink the referenced person is a sibling of the person represented by the current document XFN Accepted
sidebar See HTML5
spouse hyperlink hyperlink the referenced person is a spouse of the person represented by the current document XFN Accepted
statechart external resource not allowed A reference to an SCXML document that controls the application-flow of the current HTML document SCXML Proposal
stylesheet See HTML5
subresource hyperlink not allowed The referenced document is a subresource of the current document. Proposal
sweetheart hyperlink hyperlink this person considers the referenced person to be their sweetheart XFN Accepted
tag See HTML5
technicalauthor hyperlink hyperlink The linked document is the page/email an agent (people or firm or...) responsible for the technical construction of the page (i.e. the HTML/CSS/PHP code), not for the content. Proposal
thread hyperlink hyperlink A hierarchic list of topic(s) and replies where this document or section belongs to either one. Thread (index) Proposal
timesheet external resource not allowed SMIL Timesheet SMIL Timesheets 1.0 Proposal
topic hyperlink hyperlink The initial posting this document or section is a reply to or index of. Thread subject, (top) Proposal
translatedfrom hyperlink hyperlink The linked document is the page/email that has been translation source for the current document. It also indicates that the current document is a translation and not an original work. Proposal
translator hyperlink hyperlink The linked document is the page/email an agent (people or firm or...) responsible for the translation of the page. It also indicates that the current page is a translation of an other document, which should be linked through a rel="translatedfrom". Proposal
up See HTML5
us hyperlink hyperlink The referenced document represents the same organisation as does the current document [cf rel-me] Proposal
webmaster hyperlink hyperlink The linked document is the page/email an agent (people or firm or...) available for requests about the content of the page. maintainer Proposal
widget hyperlink hyperlink Points to a widget. Widgets 1.0 Editor's draft Proposal
wlwmanifest hyperlink not allowed A link to a manifest for Windows Live Writer. msdn Proposal

The "Effect on link" column must either say "not allowed" if the rel value is not allowed on <link> elements, "hyperlink" if the rel value creates a hyperlink, or "external resource" if the rel value creates a link to an external resource.

The "Effect on a and area" column must either say "not allowed" or "hyperlink".

For the "Status" section to be changed to "Accepted", the proposed keyword must either have been through the Microformats process, and been approved by the Microformats community; or must be defined by a W3C specification in the Candidate Recommendation or Recommendation state. If it fails to go through this process, it is "Rejected".

For more details, see the HTML5 specification.

See also

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