XFN

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XFN (XHTML Friends Network) is the network of visible links across blogs that claim various XFN relationships with/to each other. The name is a tongue-in-cheek self-deprecating parody of the "Psychic Friends Network".

IndieWeb Examples

• Tom Morris publishes a blogroll with https://gmpg.org/xfn/11XFN rel values
  • Page is 404 as of 2020-02-22

Rel-me examples

Numerous examples of publishing and consuming XFN's rel=me value can be found on the rel-me page:

• Browser Support (browser extensions)
• Software Support (e.g. Mastodon, Pixelfed)
• Service Support (e.g. micro.blog, indielogin.com)

Other Examples

Some older examples can be found on the microformats wiki:

• http://microformats.org/wiki/xfn-hcard-supporting-friends-lists

See Also

• friending
• rel-me
• http://microformats.org/wiki/xfn
• https://gmpg.org/xfn/11
• working archive of XFN home page via internet archive https://web.archive.org/web/20130202010341id_/http://gmpg.org/xfn/
• XEN 1.0 relationships meta data profile aka XHTML Enemies Network (a satire site)
• https://twitter.com/photomatt/status/1754786993870147658

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