- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:43:22 +0100
- To: Eran Hammer-Lahav <eran@hueniverse.com>
- CC: "ietf-http-wg@w3.org Group" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Eran Hammer-Lahav wrote:
> ...
>> 5. The Link Header Field
>>
>> Link = "Link" ":" #link-value
>
> The '#' operator is not defined in the referenced ABNF provided (it is defined in the original spec).
RFC 2616, Section 2.1.
> ...
>> Each link-value conveys one target URI inside angle brackets ("<>").
>> If it is relative, it MUST be resolved as per [RFC3986]. Note that
>> because it is conveyed in a header, base URIs from content are not
>> applied to it.
>
> Just confirming that URI-Reference can be an empty string, i.e.: Link: <>; rel="something". It is needed for using links with URI-templates [1] where the link value is constructed using a template that does not fit in the URI-Reference space (using a link header extension).
Sorry? If the URI-Reference is empty, then the target URI is the one of
the context.
If you want to introduce an extension point for URI templates, we'll
need to specify it explicitly.
> ...
BR, Julian
Received on Tuesday, 2 December 2008 07:44:08 UTC