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Trying to find an old IndieWeb proposal for linking back to the relevant upstream source code file in an open source repository via HTML tag — does anyone remember?

13 replies

Neil Craig 6 min later

@zachleat Wasn't the `ping` attribute on an `<a>` was it?
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLAnchorElement/ping
1. Zach Leatherman 9 min later
  
  @tdp_org no, I don’t think so! I was thinking something with `rel`, hmm
2. Neil Craig 11 min later
  
  @zachleat Or part of Dublin Core?
  I don't remember that one so well TBH.
  https://www.dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/
Zach Leatherman 8 min later

I don’t see anything here but this feels like where it _should_ belong https://indieweb.org/rel
1. Potch 26 min later
  
  @zachleat I see `code_repository` here: https://microformats.org/wiki/existing-rel-values#HTML5_link_type_extensions
  1. Zach Leatherman 38 min later
    
    @potch thank you! I was hoping for a more granular way to link to a specific content file but this is another clue in my journey!
    1. Khalid ⚡ 1 hr later
      
      @zachleat @potch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stSSWCJD710 maybe using this format?
      1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later
        
        @khalidabuhakmeh @potch excellent cross reference, thank you!
    2. Chris 4 hr later
      
      @zachleat This page https://microformats.org/wiki/existing-rel-values#HTML5_link_type_extensions also suggests rel="source", https://adactio.com/journal/6667/
2. Zach Leatherman 36 min later
  
  Looks like @adactio suggested rel="source" in 2014: https://adactio.com/journal/6667
  1. Kelson 39 min later
    
    @zachleat @adactio It's logical, at least!
  2. Jason Garber 3 hr later
    
    @zachleat @adactio I’ve been using rel-source on my websites since seeing Jeremy’s article all those years ago. It’s great.
    …and also:
    At some point last year there was a bunch of pedantic whinging in the IndieWeb community/IRC/wherever about how “source” is the wrong word and I just kinda tuned out.
3. Jason Garber 3 hr later
  
  @zachleat Found it on the microformats wiki, under “brainstorming”…
  https://microformats.org/wiki/existing-rel-values