HTML5 link relations

Regular links simply point to another page. Relations are a way to explain why it pointing to another page.

rel=stylesheet

Link to stylesheet file.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />

rel=alternate

Link to RSS or Atom feed.

<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="My weblog feed" href="/feed/" />

rel=archives

Blog previous posts, etc.

rel=author

mailto or link to contact form.

rel=external

Links commenters left, etc.

rel=start, rel=prev, rel=next

Next blog post, etc.

rel=icon

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico">

rel=license

Reference document that provides copyright license terms under which the current document is provided.

rel=nofollow

rel=noreferrer

rel=pingback

rel=prefetch

rel=search

rel=sidebar

rel=tag

Links:

• http://blog.whatwg.org/the-road-to-html-5-link-relations
• HTML5: Up and Running by Mark Pilgrim