XFN/hCard pagination using rel="next"

This work has now been superseded by the Portable social network profile parser. It is left here as a reference.

One of the more basic issues when using the web as an API is finding a method to interact with data split across multiple pages. We need a way of identifying additional information which is part of the current dataset, but on secondary pages. The rel attribute provides a practical standards based solution, which can be used to mark-up the next page in a series.

This interface demonstrates the uses of rel=”next” in a hyperlink to allow the collection of XFN relationships from multiple pages.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<relationships found="1">
  <relationship>
    <fn>Andy Budd</fn>
    <n>
      <given-name>Andy</given-name>
      <family-name>Budd</family-name>
    </n>
    <url>
      <text>Andy Budd</text>
      <link>http://www.andybudd.com/</link>
      <rel>friend met colleague</rel>
    </url>
  </relationship>
</relationships>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<relationships>
  <error>The URI prefix is not recognized.</error>
</relationships>

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