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

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 <dclinton@gmail.com>, 2010-11-02 22:01 -0700:

> Yes, please.
> 
> -DeWitt
> 
> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> 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 <mnot@mnot.net> 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 <mnot@mnot.net> 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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