Laurent Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Hi,I don't understand the difference between the rel and the rev attribute of a <a> tag.My previous post was about "how to replace the target attribute in XHTML Strict" and the answer was "use the rel attribute" instead.Can someone explain me the differences between the two attributes please ?on this page, rel and rev attributes are describe identicaly.ThanksLaurent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack McKalling Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 I think they refer to the english words "relation" and "reverse" or so.There is a difference in direction, the rel attribute describes the relation of the document you're targeting to the current one, and the rev attribute is the other way round. I don't have a clue actually what effect it has, lol, I only need one of them: rel. I use it in the <link /> attribute for my stylesheet, if I have one. Actually I've never realised both the attributes were allowed with the anchor too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 rel describes what's the other document to the current. rev describes what's the current document to the other one. The opposite of rel in other words.The perfect example of what I mean would be human relationships. A person next to you might be your father for example. That's what he is to you. You are his son. That's what you are to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack McKalling Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 That is correct, but I have no clue why there exists such attribute as rev When should you define the current one to the other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 I think it's used in certain alternative browsers, because I've also seen <link> used in a weird way on w3.org:http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/links.html#h-12.3It's possible it's used for alternative navigation through sites for people who can't use a mouse to click different links for example, who maybe can only use a keyboard or something to navigate back and forth. In that case I guess we're talking level AAA accessibility. <LINK rel="Index" href="../index.html"> <LINK rel="Next" href="Chapter3.html"> <LINK rel="Prev" href="Chapter1.html"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 That could also be usefull in browsers such as Opera for example. If you just enable the Navigation Bar you'll see what I'm talking about. Just imagine a site that fills all of the gaps there .But that still doesn't explain the rev attribute though. I too wonder myself why would a document need to specify what it is to the other one? I can't think of a single use case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 *is baffled*I guess it's one of life's great mysteries. A universal question perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowboard01 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Maybe there will be somthing in one of the new languages the W3C realeases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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