XFN relationships meta data profile
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As described in HTML4 Meta data profiles.
- rel
HTML4 definition of the 'rel' attribute. Here are some additional values, each of which can be used or omitted in any combination (unless otherwise noted, and except where prohibited by law) and their meanings, symmetry, transitivity and inverse if any.
friendship (pick at most one)
- acquaintance
- Someone who you have exchanged greetings and not much (if any) more — maybe a short conversation or two. Probably symmetric.
- friend
- Someone you are a friend to. A compatriot, buddy, home(boy|girl) that you know. Probably symmetric.
physical
- met
- Someone who you have actually met in person. Symmetric.
professional
- co-worker
- Someone a person works with, or works at the same company as. Symmetric. Probably transitive.
- colleague
- Someone in the same field of study/activity. Symmetric. Probably transitive.
geographical (pick at most one)
- co-resident
- Someone you share a street address with. Symmetric and transitive.
- neighbor
- Someone who lives nearby, perhaps only at an adjacent street address or doorway. Symmetric. Probably transitive.
family (pick at most one)
- child
- A person's genetic offspring, or someone that a person has adopted and takes care of. Inverse is parent.
- parent
- Inverse of child.
- sibling
- Someone a person shares a parent with. Symmetric. Probably transitive.
- spouse
- Someone you are married to. Symmetric. Not transitive.
romantic
- muse
- Someone who brings you inspiration. No inverse.
- crush
- Someone you have a crush on. No inverse.
- date
- Someone you are dating. Symmetric. Not transitive.
- sweetheart
- Someone with whom you are intimate and at least somewhat committed, possibly exclusively. Symmetric. Not transitive.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to feedback and input from lots of folks, to be listed shortly.