Web Linking
RFC 8288
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(October 2017; Errata)
Obsoletes RFC 5988
Was draft-nottingham-rfc5988bis (individual in art area)
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|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Mark Nottingham | ||
| Last updated | 2020-01-21 | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized with errata bibtex | ||
| Reviews | |||
| Stream | WG state | (None) | |
| Document shepherd | Barry Leiba | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2017-05-02) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 8288 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Alexey Melnikov | ||
| Send notices to | (None) | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
| IANA action state | RFC-Ed-Ack | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) M. Nottingham
Request for Comments: 8288 October 2017
Obsoletes: 5988
Category: Standards Track
ISSN: 2070-1721
Web Linking
Abstract
This specification defines a model for the relationships between
resources on the Web ("links") and the type of those relationships
("link relation types").
It also defines the serialisation of such links in HTTP headers with
the Link header field.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 7841.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8288.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1. Notational Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2. Conformance and Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1. Link Relation Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.1. Registered Relation Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.2. Extension Relation Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2. Target Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3. Link Serialisation in HTTP Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1. Link Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2. Link Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.3. Relation Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4. Target Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4.1. Serialisation-Defined Attributes . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4.2. Extension Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.5. Link Header Field Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.1. Link HTTP Header Field Registration . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.2. Link Relation Type Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.3. Link Relation Application Data Registry . . . . . . . . . 15
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6. Internationalisation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Appendix A. Notes on Other Link Serialisations . . . . . . . . . 19
A.1. Link Serialisation in HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
A.2. Link Serialisation in Atom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Appendix B. Algorithms for Parsing Link Header Fields . . . . . 20
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