- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 01:12:04 -0600
- To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- CC: www-xml-stylesheet-comments@w3.org, Makoto Murata <murata@fxis.fujixerox.co.jp>, Jim Gettys <jg@w3.org>
Larry Masinter wrote: > > I think we'll have another comment on linking in XML, but there's > another minor problem: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/PR-xml-stylesheet says: > > # HTTP [RFC2068], section 19.6.2.4, allows stylesheets to be > # associated with XML documents by means of the Link header. > # Any links specified by HTTP Link headers are considered to > # occur before the links specified by the xml-stylesheet processing > # instructions. This is the same as in HTML 4.0 (see section 14.6). > > However, the 'link' header in HTTP has been removed from the > Draft Standard, as it was not widely implemented and its > semantics were not specified. See > ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-http-v11-spec-rev-06.txt Sigh... I thought that by researching it down to the section number, I could avoid that sort of thing. I guess I goofed. > as it was not widely implemented and its > semantics were not specified. Ah yes... I remember this now. I guess I dropped the ball. Actually, it's supported in all the server APIs, and it's semantics are just as well specified as are the LINK element in HTML. I guess I should have finished this ID after all: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/9707-link-header.html > I suggest you just remove references to the HTTP 'link' header. I consider that a critical component of the spec. Hmm.... > Larry > -- > http://www.parc.xerox.com/masinter -- Dan Connolly http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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