Hyperlinks Policy

[clementbiron]

Added in v1.3.0

Type name

Linking Policy
Hyperlinks Policy #43 (reply in thread)

Alternative type names

No response
Links Policy, Linking Policy, External Links Policy, Outgoing Links Policy #43 (reply in thread)

Writer

service provider

Audience

publisher
for outgoing hyperlinks, readers and contributors; for incoming hyperlinks, third-party authors who link to the service content #43 (reply in thread)

Object

managing website hyperlinks
quality of third-party targets of outgoing hyperlinks provided in content, and requirements for incoming hyperlinks in third-party content #43 (reply in thread)

Examples

Example	Service Name	URL	Title	Jurisdiction
1	City of Reading	URL 🔗	Linking Policy	-
2	Global Virtual Opportunities	URL 🔗	EXTERNAL LINKS POLICY	-
3	Mobility Works	URL 🔗	External Linking Policy	-
4	NHS	URL 🔗	Linking from the NHS website	-
5	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	URL 🔗	Linking Policy	-
6	Japan Times	URL 🔗	External links/excerpts	-
7	tubeviewranker	URL 🔗	External Links	-
8	USA.gov	URL 🔗	Linking policy	-

References

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Comments

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[MattiSG]

The provided examples cover either policies for outgoing links (how does the service choose / allow links to third parties) or incoming links (how the service expects links to its content to be made):

• 1: outgoing
• 2: outgoing and incoming
• 3: incoming
• 4: outgoing
• 5: incoming
• 6: incoming (+ quoting articles)
• 7: outgoing
• 8: outgoing and incoming

So a total of:

• outgoing: 3
• incoming: 3
• both: 2

When looking at the details, there is even a difference for the outgoing links provided by content providers, which are more published under a transparency / commitment angle; and outgoing links policies for user-generated content, which are more under a moderation angle.

Here are the three types that this perspective would lead to, not taking into account the practicality of their usage compared to a single type:

Outgoing Links Policy

• writer: authoritative content provider
• audience: end user
• object: quality of third-party targets of hyperlinks provided in content

Contributed Outgoing Links Policy

• writer: user generated content service provider
• audience: contributors
• object: quality of third-party targets of hyperlinks provided in content

Incoming Links Policy

• writer: service provider
• audience: third-party authors who link to the service content
• object: context and way in which links are made

[MattiSG]

Thank you for this detailed decomposition! While relevant to understand the type, this level of detail would make choosing a type rather cumbersome, especially considering that several examples combine several subtypes.

I thus suggest to combine the triptychs into a single type:

Name

Hyperlinks Policy

Alternative names

Links Policy
Linking Policy
External Links Policy
Outgoing Links Policy

Audience

for outgoing hyperlinks, readers and contributors; for incoming hyperlinks, third-party authors who link to the service content

Object

quality of third-party targets of outgoing hyperlinks provided in content, and requirements for incoming hyperlinks in third-party content

[clementbiron]

I agree with your suggestions and have updated accordingly.