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= rel Issues =

These are externally raised issues about the general use of rel with broadly varying degrees of merit.  Thus some issues are REJECTED for a number of obvious reasons (but still documented here in case they are re-raised), and others contain longer discussions.  Some issues may be ACCEPTED and perhaps cause changes or improved explanations in the spec.  Submitted issues may (and probably will) be edited and rewritten for better terseness, clarity, calmness, rationality, and as neutral a point of view as possible. Write your issues well.

== Issues ==

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===Open issues===

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* {{OpenIssue}} <span class="summary vcard"><span class="dtstart">2008-01-12</span> raised by <span class="fn">[[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]</span></span>
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*# I think there is a general issue with requiring @rels where publishers normally use text, not links; contrary to [http://microformats.org/wiki/microformats microformats are not... an attempt to get everyone to change their behavior...]" and the principle "[http://microformats.org/wiki/principles adapt to current behaviors]"; I see no reason why microformats should not use both, with the same value. In other words, in some current and proposed microformats, properties using, say, [[rel-tag]], [[rel-license]], etc. (and possibly for rel-tag itself), <foo class="value"> would have the same effect as <a rel="value">. That would also be beneficial for Wikis such this one, where rel values cannot be used by editors.
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{{OpenIssue}} <span class="summary vcard"><span class="dtstart">2008-02-25</span> raised by <span class="fn">[[User:TobyInk|TobyInk]]</span></span>
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* The following is part of the [[rel-faq|rel FAQ]]
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However, given that the 'rev' attribute has been more often misused by authors than properly used ([http://code.google.com/webstats/2005-12/linkrels.html Google Code: Web Authoring Statistics: Link Relationships]) is it even a good idea to use rev at all?

The short answer is unfortunately "no".  Use of "rev" {{should}} be avoided.

However, VoteLinks' use of rev has been [[glossary#grandfathered|grandfathered]] since it was such an early use. No future microformats should be developed that use 'rev', and any use of 'rev' (apart from the "[[glossary#grandfathered|grand-fathered]]" case of [[vote-links|VoteLinks]]) is [[glossary#deprecated|deprecated]] in microformats.</blockquote>
*# This seems entirely arbitrary to me &#8212; the dismissal of an HTML feature because it's often improperly used would also probably rule out &lt;img alt> (often used to provide a "tooltip" or hidden text for SEO), tables (improperly used for layout) and much more. Some people improperly use it I'm sure, but that shouldn't stop us from using rev when suitable. For example, if many pages link to http://example.com/tags/foo with rel=tag, then http://example.com/tags/foo may wish to link back to them with rev=tag. The rev attribute allows people to represent the reverse representation easily without having to propose a whole new microformat.

===Resolved issues===

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* <span class="summary vcard"><span class="dtstart">2007-06-06</span> raised by <span class="fn">[[MikeKaply|Mike Kaply]]</span></span>
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*# Are the rel microformats only valid on anchor tags (<A>)?
*#* Yes. Other elements have no subject, for there to be a relationship with. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 17:50, 11 Jan 2008 (PST)
*#* They are also valid on &lt;LINK> elements, though many microformats expressly forbid this usage. [[User:TobyInk|TobyInk]] 00:18, 25 Feb 2008 (PST)
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==Related pages==
*[[issues]]
*[[rel-tag-issues]]
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