Know your link types http://www.ideaspace.net/users/wkearney/archives/entries/000187.html Spec are a wonderful thing. But only if people are aware they exist and if they follow them. Take link and metadata tags, for example... wkearney 2003-03-22T08:46:42-05:00 http://www.ideaspace.net/users/wkearney/archives/entries/000187.html en-us FYI Spec are a wonderful thing. But only if people are aware they exist and if they follow them. Take link and metadata tags, for example... 2003-03-22T08:46:42-05:00 Spec are a wonderful thing. But only if people are aware they exist and if they follow them. For example: Basic HTML data types.

This spec indicates there are a core set of link types to recognize. If you're interested in playing along with the idea of the semantic web then take a crack at implementing some of these tags on your sites. I'm trying to put a few of them here on my site (view source and see).

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Alternate
Designates substitute versions for the document in which the link occurs. When used together with the lang attribute, it implies a translated version of the document. When used together with the media attribute, it implies a version designed for a different medium (or media).
Stylesheet
Refers to an external style sheet. See the section on external style sheets for details. This is used together with the link type "Alternate" for user-selectable alternate style sheets.
Start
Refers to the first document in a collection of documents. This link type tells search engines which document is considered by the author to be the starting point of the collection.
Next
Refers to the next document in a linear sequence of documents. User agents may choose to preload the "next" document, to reduce the perceived load time.
Prev
Refers to the previous document in an ordered series of documents. Some user agents also support the synonym "Previous".
Contents
Refers to a document serving as a table of contents. Some user agents also support the synonym ToC (from "Table of Contents").
Index
Refers to a document providing an index for the current document.
Glossary
Refers to a document providing a glossary of terms that pertain to the current document.
Copyright
Refers to a copyright statement for the current document.
Chapter
Refers to a document serving as a chapter in a collection of documents.
Section
Refers to a document serving as a section in a collection of documents.
Subsection
Refers to a document serving as a subsection in a collection of documents.
Appendix
Refers to a document serving as an appendix in a collection of documents.
Help
Refers to a document offering help (more information, links to other sources information, etc.)
Bookmark
Refers to a bookmark. A bookmark is a link to a key entry point within an extended document. The title attribute may be used, for example, to label the bookmark. Note that several bookmarks may be defined in each document.
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