RFC 6596: The Canonical Link Relation
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
RFC 5988 specifies a way to define relationships between links on the web. This document describes a new type of such a relationship, "canonical", to designate an Internationalized Resource Identifier (IRI) as preferred over resources with duplicative content. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC6596
- Published
- April 2012
- Authors
- M. Ohye; J. Kupke
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 8
- Also known as
- —
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