- From: Leigh Dodds <leigh@ldodds.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:20:19 +0100
- To: mike amundsen <michael.amundsen@yahoo.com>
- Cc: Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>
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. -- Leigh Dodds Freelance Technologist Open Data, Linked Data Geek t: @ldodds w: ldodds.com e: leigh@ldodds.com
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