RFC 8288: Web Linking
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
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.
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- Document ID
- RFC8288
- Published
- October 2017
- Authors
- M. Nottingham
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 24
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 5988
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