Maybe we should term this one eXtensible Friends Network instead :-) This is a way of specifying your relationship

with peopleeverything from "met" to "sweetheart" using the rel attribute on a link to their homepage. However, there are three main values. rel="contact":Someoneyouknowhowtogetintouchwith.

rel="me":Allowsyoutoclaimyourvariouswebsites,includingyouraccountsonsoci alnetworks.

rel="author":Alinktothecurrentarticlesauthor,suchastotheirwebsiteorprofilepag e(andthe only one of these three link types thats in the HTML5 spec). We can use the last two to prove our identity online using only links. For example, if your humble author had a website or profile page, he could add a link to his Twitter account.