RFC 5988: Web Linking

This document specifies relation types for Web links, and defines a registry for them. It also defines the use of such links in HTTP headers with the Link…

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Outgoing relationships (19 related RFCs)

Updates, Informative reference — RFC 4287: The Atom Syndication Format
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 5226: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Normative reference — RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
Normative reference — RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
Normative reference — RFC 2026: The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3
Normative reference — RFC 5646: Tags for Identifying Languages
Normative reference — RFC 4288: Media Type Specifications and Registration Procedures
Normative reference — RFC 3987: Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs)
Normative reference — RFC 3864: Registration Procedures for Message Header Fields
Normative reference — RFC 5987: Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters
Informative reference — RFC 2818: HTTP Over TLS
Informative reference — RFC 2068: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
Informative reference — RFC 2817: Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1
Informative reference — RFC 5023: The Atom Publishing Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4685: Atom Threading Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 4946: Atom License Extension
Informative reference — RFC 5005: Feed Paging and Archiving
Informative reference — RFC 5829: Link Relation Types for Simple Version Navigation between Web Resources

Incoming relationships (20 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by — RFC 8288: Web Linking
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7252: The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6690: Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) Link Format
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7641: Observing Resources in the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7483: JSON Responses for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5989: A SIP Event Package for Subscribing to Changes to an HTTP Resource
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6906: The 'profile' Link Relation Type
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6573: The Item and Collection Link Relations
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6579: The 'disclosure' Link Relation Type
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6596: The Canonical Link Relation
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6861: The "create-form" and "edit-form" Link Relations
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6892: The 'describes' Link Relation Type
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6903: Additional Link Relation Types
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7725: An HTTP Status Code to Report Legal Obstacles
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7231: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7807: Problem Details for HTTP APIs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7320: URI Design and Ownership
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7565: The 'acct' URI Scheme
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8187: Indicating Character Encoding and Language for HTTP Header Field Parameters
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9264: Linkset: Media Types and a Link Relation Type for Link Sets