Use of <link> in documents

Chuck Foster (
Wed, 11 Oct 1995 00:34:41 +0000

From: Chuck Foster <>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 00:34:41 +0000
Subject: Use of <link> in documents
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I keep on confusing myself over the meaning of the REL and REV parts 
of the LINK element. I have been using the following form for a 
while, which I worked out from the specs some time earlier in the 
year, before HTML3:

	<link href="" rev=owns,made>

which I assumed means that the href quoted is for the URL of who 
"owns" and "made" the document, this being a REV as the URL is 
related to this document, not this document relating to that.


	     This defines the relationship defined by the link. 
	     home page. 

Now it then follows on with examples such as


My interpretation of the above rules makes me read this as meaning
that *this* document is the Home for the one pointed to by the URL, 
not the way the example says (I would have used REV to indicate that 
the URL is the home page to this document).

Could someone please explain is I am just misunderstanding the 
relationships, or if the spec is ambiguous or just plain wrong!!!

I want to get it right in my own head before passing it onto others 
and leading them astray if I am wrong here.