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<h1><abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</abbr> 1.1 relationships meta data profile</h1>
<h2>Authors</h2>
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<li><a href="http://tantek.com/">Tantek Çelik</a></li>
<li><a href="http://photomatt.net/">Matthew Mullenweg</a></li>
<li><a href="http://meyerweb.com/">Eric Meyer</a></li>
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<p>As described in <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.4.4.3">HTML4 Meta data profiles</a>.</p>
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<dt id="rel">rel</dt>
<dd><p><a rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html#adef-rel">HTML4 definition of the 'rel' attribute.</a> 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, <dfn title="A symmetric relationship 'rel' is one where 'A rel B' implies 'B rel A' and vice versa.">symmetry</dfn>, <dfn title="A transitive relationship 'rel' is one where 'A rel B' and 'B rel C' implies 'A rel C'">transitivity</dfn> and <dfn title="A relationship 'rel' has an inverse 'inv' when 'A rel B' implies 'B inv A'. A symmetrical relationship is its own inverse.">inverse</dfn> if any. Please see the <a href=".">XFN home page</a> for more information about <abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</abbr>.</p>
<div><h3>friendship (pick at most one)</h3>
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<dt id="contact">contact</dt>
<dd>Someone you know how to get in touch with. Often symmetric.</dd>
<dt id="acquaintance">acquaintance</dt>
<dd>Someone who you have exchanged greetings and not much (if any) more — maybe a short conversation or two. Often symmetric.</dd>
<dt id="friend">friend</dt>
<dd>Someone you are a friend to. A compatriot, buddy, home(boy|girl) that you know. Often symmetric.</dd>
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<div><h3>physical</h3>
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<dt id="met">met</dt>
<dd>Someone who you have actually met in person. Symmetric.</dd>
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<div><h3>professional</h3>
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<dt id="co-worker">co-worker</dt>
<dd>Someone a person works with, or works at the same organization as. Symmetric. Usually transitive.</dd>
<dt id="colleague">colleague</dt>
<dd>Someone in the same field of study/activity. Symmetric. Often transitive.</dd>
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<div><h3>geographical (pick at most one)</h3>
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<dt id="co-resident">co-resident</dt>
<dd>Someone you share a street address with. Symmetric and transitive.</dd>
<dt id="neighbor">neighbor</dt>
<dd>Someone who lives nearby, perhaps only at an adjacent street address or doorway. Symmetric. Often transitive.</dd>
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<div><h3>family (pick at most one)</h3>
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<dt id="child">child</dt>
<dd>A person's genetic offspring, or someone that a person has adopted and takes care of. Inverse is parent.</dd>
<dt id="parent">parent</dt>
<dd>Inverse of child.</dd>
<dt id="sibling">sibling</dt>
<dd>Someone a person shares a parent with. Symmetric. Usually transitive.</dd>
<dt id="spouse">spouse</dt>
<dd>Someone you are married to. Symmetric. Not transitive.</dd>
<dt id="kin">kin</dt>
<dd>A relative, someone you consider part of your extended family. Symmetric and typically transitive.</dd>
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<div><h3>romantic</h3>
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<dt id="muse">muse</dt>
<dd>Someone who brings you inspiration. No inverse.</dd>
<dt id="crush">crush</dt>
<dd>Someone you have a crush on. No inverse.</dd>
<dt id="date">date</dt>
<dd>Someone you are dating. Symmetric. Not transitive.</dd>
<dt id="sweetheart">sweetheart</dt>
<dd>Someone with whom you are intimate and at least somewhat committed, typically exclusively. Symmetric. Not transitive.</dd>
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<div><h3>identity</h3>
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<dt id="me">me</dt>
<dd>A link to yourself at a different URL. Exclusive of all other XFN values. Required symmetric. There is an implicit "me" relation from the contents of a directory to the directory itself.</dd>
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<h2>Acknowledgments</h2>
<p>Please see our <a href="thanks">Thanks page</a> for acknowledgments.
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<h2>Copyright</h2>
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