Re: Identifying D-links with "rel"

What is the advantages of using "rel=dlink" over "class=dlink" for
providing a mechanism for UAs to identify a D-Link ?
Jon
 

At 11:10 AM 6/3/1998 +0200, Daniel Dardailler wrote:
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>> longdesc is the modern D-link, look no further. 
>> Its only disadvantage is that it is not supported yet, 
>> but so is rel="description".
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>The support for rel (or class) and longdesc go together, it's not
>about replacing one with the other.
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>rel=description, or class=description, are meant to provide UA a way
>to formally identify a dlink as such, so that when both a longdesc and 
>a dlink A are provided by the author, the UA can get rid of one of
>them.
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