XFN relationships meta data profile

Authors

• Tantek Çelik
• Matthew Mullenweg
• Eric Meyer

As described in HTML4 Meta data profiles.

rel

HTML4 definition of the 'rel' attribute. Here are some additional values, each of which can be used or omitted in any combination (unless otherwise noted, and except where prohibited by law) and their meanings, symmetry, transitivity and inverse if any. Please see the XFN home page for more information about XFN.

friendship (pick at most one)

acquaintance

Someone who you have exchanged greetings and not much (if any) more — maybe a short conversation or two. Often symmetric.

friend

Someone you are a friend to. A compatriot, buddy, home(boy|girl) that you know. Often symmetric.

physical

met

Someone who you have actually met in person. Symmetric.

professional

co-worker

Someone a person works with, or works at the same organization as. Symmetric. Usually transitive.

colleague

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

geographical (pick at most one)

co-resident

Someone you share a street address with. Symmetric and transitive.

neighbor

Someone who lives nearby, perhaps only at an adjacent street address or doorway. Symmetric. Often transitive.

family (pick at most one)

child

A person's genetic offspring, or someone that a person has adopted and takes care of. Inverse is parent.

parent

Inverse of child.

sibling

Someone a person shares a parent with. Symmetric. Usually transitive.

spouse

Someone you are married to. Symmetric. Not transitive.

romantic

muse

Someone who brings you inspiration. No inverse.

crush

Someone you have a crush on. No inverse.

date

Someone you are dating. Symmetric. Not transitive.

sweetheart

Someone with whom you are intimate and at least somewhat committed, typically exclusively. Symmetric. Not transitive.

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