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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://gmpg.org/xfn/","20100920031404","https://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1284952444"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <title>XFN - XHTML Friends Network </title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <link type="text/css" href="/web/20100920031404cs_/http://gmpg.org/xfn/default.css" rel="stylesheet"/> <style type="text/css"> /*<![CDATA[*/ h1 { text-transform:capitalize; font-variant:small-caps }/*]]>*/ </style> <link rel="start" href="intro" title="XFN: Introduction and Examples"/> <link rel="glossary" href="11" title="XFN profile"/> <link rel="help" href="faq" title="XFN: FAQ"/> <link rel="copyright" href="#copyright" title="Copyright"/> </head> <body> <ul id="menu"> <li><a id="current">Home</a></li> <li><a href="intro">Intro</a></li> <li><a href="join">Join</a></li> <li><a href="background">Background</a></li> <li><a href="faq">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="tools">Tools</a></li> <li><a href="and/">And...</a></li> <li><a href="helping">Helping</a></li> <li><a href="thanks">Thanks</a></li> <li><a href="feedback">Feedback</a></li> </ul> <h1>Xhtml Friends Network</h1> <p> <abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN™</abbr> (<strong>X</strong>HTML <strong>F</strong>riends <strong>N</strong>etwork) is a simple way to represent human relationships using hyperlinks. In recent years, <dfn><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100920031404/http://www.technorati.com/help/blogging101.html" title="Hyperlink to a definition of the term 'blog' and related terms.">blogs</a></dfn> and <dfn><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100920031404/http://www.microcontentnews.com/resources/glossary/blogrolling.htm" title="Hyperlink to a definition of the term 'blogrolling'">blogrolls</a></dfn> have become the fastest growing area of the Web. XFN enables web authors to indicate their relationship(s) to the people in their blogrolls simply by adding a '<code>rel</code>' attribute to their <code title="hyperlink anchor"><a href></code> tags, e.g.: </p> <p> <code class="eg"><a href="http://jeff.example.org" <strong>rel="friend met"</strong>>...</code> </p> <p>To find out how to write and use XFN, or to write a program to generate or spider it, read the following sections: </p> <dl> <dt><a href="intro">Introduction and Examples</a></dt> <dd>Introduction to XFN, examples, styling suggestions, and future potential.</dd> <dt><a href="join">Getting Started</a></dt> <dd>Join the XHTML Friends Network in just four easy steps!</dd> <dt><a href="11">Profile</a></dt> <dd>Version 1.1 of the XFN meta data profile: the list of the values used in XFN with their significance. See the <a href="/web/20100920031404/http://gmpg.org/xmdp">XMDP home page</a> for more information on XHTML Meta Data Profiles.</dd> <dt><a href="background">Background</a></dt> <dd>The thinking that went into the design of XFN, why particular values were chosen, and why other values were left out.</dd> <dt><a href="faq">FAQ</a></dt> <dd>Frequently asked questions about XFN.</dd> <dt><a href="tools">XFN Tools</a></dt> <dd>A collection of tools, templates, editors, communities, and other resources that let you edit XFN information. Includes the <a href="creator">XFN Creator</a>, among many others.</dd> <dt><a href="and">XFN and ...</a></dt> <dd>How to use XFN with numerous social network services and other technologies.</dd> <dt><a href="more">What's out there?</a></dt> <dd>Pointers to pages and sites which use XFN, tools, ...</dd> <dt><a href="helping">How can I help?</a></dt> <dd>If you would like to support XFN...</dd> <dt><a href="press">Press</a></dt> <dd>Articles about or that reference XFN...</dd> <dt><a href="thanks">Thanks</a></dt> <dd>Thanks to all those who have helped XFN with their feedback, constructive criticisms, suggestions, and inspirational uses.</dd> <dt><a href="feedback">Feedback</a></dt> <dd>Let us know what you think about XFN.</dd> </dl> <div id="trail"> <a href="index">XFN</a> [<a href="/web/20100920031404/http://gmpg.org/">GMPG</a>] </div> <div id="footer"><p id="copyright"> Copyright © 2003–2010 GMPG. <a rel="license" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100920031404/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/">Some rights reserved</a>.</p> </div> </body> </html>