XFN Profile 1.1

Authors

As described in the HTML4 metadata profiles.

rel

HTML4 definition of the “rel” attribute. Below are some additional values, each of which can be used or omitted in any combination (unless otherwise specified and where prohibited by law) and their meaning, symmetry, transitivity is reverse if there are. See the XFN home page for more information on XFN.

friendship (choose at most one)

contact

Someone you know how to connect with. Often symmetrical.

knowledge

Someone you’ve exchanged greetings to and not much (if any) more – maybe a short conversation or two. Often symmetrical.

friend

Someone you are friends with. A compatriot, friend, at home (boy | girl) you know. Often symmetrical.

physical

met

Someone you’ve actually met in person. Symmetrical.

professional

collaborator

Someone who works with or works in the same organization as. Symmetrical. Usually transitive.

colleague

Someone in the same field of study / activity. Symmetrical. Often transitive.

geographic (choose at most one)

co-resident

Someone you share an address with. Symmetrical and transitive.

neighbour

Someone who lives nearby, perhaps just on a street or adjacent door. Symmetrical. Often transitive.

family (choose at most one)

child

The genetic offspring of a person or someone that a person has adopted and cared for. Inverse is a parent.

parent

Reverse of the child.

brother

Someone with whom a person shares a parent. Symmetrical. Usually transitive.

Bride

Someone you are married to. Symmetrical. Not transitive.

relative

A relative, someone you consider part of your extended family. Symmetrical and typically transitive.

romantic

muse

Someone to inspire you. No inverse.

crush

Someone you have a crush on. No inverse.

Date

Someone you date. Symmetrical. Not transitive.

treasure

Someone you are intimate with and at least somehow engaged with, typically exclusively. Symmetrical. Not transitive.

identity

myself

A link to yourself at a different URL. Exclusive to all other XFN values. Symmetrical required. There is an implicit “I” relationship from the contents of a directory to the directory itself.

Thanks

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