Why REL, REV for A?

Why does the A (anchor) element in the HTML 3 DTD have the
%linkExtra?Attributes like REL, REV, TITLE, METHOD, etc.? And what should
browsers do with them? The DTD doesn't seem to be clear on this point...

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Benjamin C. W. Sittler
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                            --Edgar Allen Poe
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Received on Wednesday, 16 August 1995 10:25:49 UTC