In message <1bc4603e0612131143y180e478dm37b2ecf0cf1b6623 at mail.gmail.com>, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com> writes >While >'colleague' and 'co-worker' are a good start, they don't capture >'former-employer', 'client', 'consultant' or much else. >>The goal is not to describe all relationship variations, but common >ones that are shared between professional networking/resume sites. Perhaps the aim should be to allow for all relationship variations, albeit at a low level of granularity|? For instance, "worked-with" (using past tense) or some such would cover all three of your examples, until something more specific might come along. -- Andy Mabbett * Say "NO!" to compulsory ID Cards: <http://www.no2id.net/> * Free Our Data: <http://www.freeourdata.org.uk> * Are you using Microformats, yet: <http://microformats.org/> ?