Re: [link-relations] [opensearch:393] Registering the 'search' link relation type

[Mark Nottingham <[e-mail]>]

Mike, are you requesting the link with the fragid on purpose? Clinton and I seem to agree that going without makes more sense.

Cheers,


On 04/11/2010, at 3:45 AM, Michael(tm) Smith wrote:

> Updated request (in full):
> 
>  Relation Name:
>    search
> 
>  Description:
>    Gives a link to a resource that can be used to search through
>    the current document and its related pages.
> 
>  Reference:
>    http://www.opensearch.org/Specifications/OpenSearch/1.1#Autodiscovery_in_HTML.2FXHTML
> 
> DeWitt Clinton <[e-mail]>, 2010-11-02 22:01 -0700:
> 
>> Yes, please.
>> 
>> -DeWitt
>> 
>> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Mark Nottingham <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> 
>>> OK. If that's the case, should the registration just have:
>>> 
>>>> Reference:
>>>> http://www.opensearch.org/Specifications/OpenSearch/1.1
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 03/11/2010, at 3:58 PM, DeWitt Clinton wrote:
>>> 
>>>> If the designated experts are comfortable with that approach — and it
>>> sounds like you might be, otherwise you wouldn't have asked — I'd personally
>>> prefer that, considering the 'search' relation name is used in multiple
>>> contexts for the same purpose, not exclusively HTML(5).
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for asking,
>>>> 
>>>> -DeWitt
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Mark Nottingham <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>>> Thanks, DeWitt.
>>>> 
>>>> One thing; I'm wondering if it makes more sense to list the OpenSearch
>>> link directly as the reference, rather than going through the HTML5 one.
>>>> 
>>>> E.g., the registration could be:
>>>> 
>>>> Relation Name:
>>>> search
>>>> 
>>>> Description:
>>>> Gives a link to a resource that can be used to search through
>>>> the current document and its related pages.
>>>> 
>>>> Reference:
>>>> 
>>> http://www.opensearch.org/Specifications/OpenSearch/1.1#Autodiscovery_in_HTML.2FXHTML
>>>> 
>>>> Notes:
>>>> See also: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/links.html#link-type-search
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thoughts? Mike?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 03/11/2010, at 3:21 PM, DeWitt Clinton wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> No objection at all, (speaking as unofficial spec editor).  Very glad
>>> to see this happen, and thank you to Michael Smith and the W3C HTML WG for
>>> making the proposal.
>>>>> 
>>>>> That URL is stable, and has not changed in several years, and we would
>>> of course be sure to preserve it with a redirect in the event anything ever
>>> moved.
>>>>> 
>>>>> That said, the full URL appears truncated in the registration
>>> application.  It currently reads:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> http://www.opensearch.org/Specifications/OpenSearch/1.1#Autodiscovery_in_HTML.2FXH
>>>>> 
>>>>> Should be:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> http://www.opensearch.org/Specifications/OpenSearch/1.1#Autodiscovery_in_HTML.2FXHTML
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks, Mark!
>>>>> 
>>>>> -DeWitt
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Mark Nottingham <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>>>> Hello OpenSearchers,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm acting as a Designated Expert for the IANA Link Relation Type
>>> registry, defined by RFC5988 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988>.
>>>>> 
>>>>> We've had a request <http://paramsr.us/tracker/issue18> from the W3C
>>> HTML WG to register the 'search' link relation type.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Since OpenSearch has defined the 'search' relation type, and HTML5
>>> refers to your specification to define its semantics, we wanted to make sure
>>> this registration was OK with the OpenSearch community before proceeding. Do
>>> you have any objections to them doing so?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Additionally, we (the Designated Experts) wanted to double-check with
>>> you that the reference they give is a) appropriate, and b) stable. I.e.,
>>> it's not going to change gratuitously.
>>>>> 
>>>>> We'd appreciate a response as soon as possible, so that we can proceed
>>> with the registration.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Mark Nottingham   http://www.mnot.net/
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
> 
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