Re: License LINK Headers and Linked Data

Hi Mike,

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 5:34 PM, mike amundsen
<michael.amundsen@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "A HEAD request can be made on a resource to check its licensing..."
>
> Since HEAD does not resolve the LINK URLs, agents can check for the
> *existence* of licensing information, but not necessarily determine the
> licensing context.
>
> If the LINK @href or one of the associated @rel values is a URI/IRI that the
> agent recognizes (knows ahead of time) then that MAY provide sufficient
> context for the agent to make a judgment on whether the representation is
> marked with an acceptable license.
>
> Failing that, the agent will need to deref the LINK @href and parse/process
> the response in order to make a judgment on the appropriateness of the
> licensing of the initial response.

Yes, that's exactly what I meant by "check its licensing". I didn't
mean that the header itself communicated all of the necessary
information.

Thanks for spelling it out! :)

L.


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Received on Monday, 12 August 2013 17:20:46 UTC