How to solve this error : Bad value original-sourc

Question

I am trying to validation my site with w3c but i am getting error:

 Bad value original-source for attribute rel on element link:
 The string   original-source is not a registered keyword.

For:

<link rel="original-source" href="http://themarketmogul.com/" />

Can any one suggest me what i can do for this error.

Answer 1

The rel attribute specifies type of the link. There are limited set of values this attribute (the type) accepts. Specification defines them in section 4.8.4 Link types:

• alternate - Gives alternate representations of the current document.
• author - Gives a link to the author of the current document or article.
• bookmark - Gives the permalink for the nearest ancestor section.

etc.

This list also includes probably the best known stylesheet type for importing CSS stylesheets. But there are no "original-source" type. Hence, the validation error you get.

In your case you probably looking for the meta tag with the name "original-source" (see codyogden's answer).

Answer 2

You may be looking for the meta tag that allows you to specify an original source. A link is not the correct tag to use for this purpose.

<meta name=”original-source” content=”http://www.somedomain.com/article1.html”>