- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:59:05 +0200
- To: HTML WG LIST <public-html@w3.org>
SUMMARY The "pingback" link relation is "defined" in [1] as: "4.12.4.10 Link type "pingback" The pingback keyword may be used with link elements. This keyword creates an external resource link. For the semantics of the pingback keyword, see the Pingback 1.0 specification. [PINGBACK]" The above isn't a definition, but just a pointer to the actual definition. This is what we have the link relation type registry for. RATIONALE There's no point for the spec to repeat registrations from somewhere else. We have a registry for this purpose, and it should be used for that. Keeping the registration here suggests that this one is somehow special, which it is not. Except that it happens to be defined by the author of the spec. DETAILS Remove the subsection "4.12.4.10 Link type "pingback"" and the related entry under "4.12.4 Link types". Instead, follow the process for new link relations, by proposing this over at microformats.org. IMPACT 1. Positive Effects People who want this link relation to be valid will have to follow the WG-approved process to make it valid. 2. Negative Effects None. 3. Conformance Classes Changes The link relation "pingback" becomes invalid until registered. 4. Risks None. REFERENCES [1] <http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-html5-20110525/Overview.html#link-type-pingback>
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