Re: [link-relations] where to spec the "license" link relation [was: NEW RELATION REQUEST: Relation name: "next"]

[Mark Nottingham <[e-mail]>]

Hi Michael,

Sorry about the delay; been travelling and catching up (badly).

I think having an I-D define the license relation is certainly workable, but it'd be easier to just note the format-specific implications directly in the registration; e.g.,

---8<---

Relation Name:
 license

Description:
 Refers to a license associated with the link's context.

Reference:
 [RFC4946]

Notes:
  For implications of use in HTML, see: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/links.html#link-type-license

--->---

Is that workable for the HTML WG?

Cheers,


On 07/10/2010, at 2:29 AM, Michael(tm) Smith wrote:

> Mark Nottingham <[e-mail]>, 2010-09-02 21:34 +1000:
> 
>> 3) Updating registrations from other sources, including:
>>  license / up / last / first
>> 
>> These might need a bit more discussion, especially license,
>> which is currently defined by RFC4946. Is there any reason that
>> its definition isn't adequate for HTML5?
> 
> After some further thought about this, I think the reason is to
> keep the definition at point of use in the HTML5 spec unless
> there's a really compelling need not to.
> 
> I personally would not feel terrifically confident trying to argue
> that readers of the HTML5 spec would be particularly well-served
> by being required to read a separate protocol spec -- one that is
> arguably relatively obscure and one in which the definition of the
> "license" link relation is a relatively small part -- rather than
> just having a definition at point of use in the HTML5 spec.
> 
> Another suggested way to handle this would seem to be to leave the
> text in the HTML5 spec and RFC4946 as-is, but to:
> 
>  1. Have somebody create a tiny Internet Draft that provides a
>     general explanation of what the "license" link relation is.
> 
>  2. Have that ID cite both the HTML5 spec and RFC4946 for details
>     about how the "license" link relation is used in the
>     technologies defined by those two specs.
> 
> -- 
> Michael(tm) Smith
> http://people.w3.org/mike

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