Can you have two values in a single rel attribute?

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The rel attribute specifies the relationship between the current document and the linked document.

I am currently doing this:

<a href="http://example.com" rel="author">Henry Wright</a>

I want to make sure the link is nofollow with reference to search engines. My question is do I do this by adding a second value to the rel attribute like this?

<a href="http://example.com" rel="author nofollow">Henry Wright</a>

I'm not convinced this is the right approach so am reaching out for some help.

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 04 '13 at 15:50

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Just read the spec:

The types of link indicated (the relationships) are given by the value of the rel attribute, which, if present, must have a value that is a set of space-separated tokens. The allowed keywords and their meanings are defined in a later section.

answered Oct 04 '13 at 15:50

Blender

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Thanks to both yourself and to Guffa for answering – henrywright Oct 04 '13 at 16:00

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 04 '13 at 15:50

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Yes, you can have multiple values in a rel attribute:

"The value of this attribute is a space-separated list of link types."

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html#adef-rel

answered Oct 04 '13 at 15:50

Guffa

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Thanks. I see now it is valid to have multiple attributes – henrywright Oct 04 '13 at 15:59

Can you have two values in a single rel attribute?

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