RFC 6596

"The Canonical Link Relation", April 2012

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6596.txt
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Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

M. Ohye
J. Kupke

Stream:

IETF

Source:

NON WORKING GROUP

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Abstract

RFC 5988 specifies a way to define relationships between links on the web. This document describes a new type of such a relationship, "canonical", to designate an Internationalized Resource Identifier (IRI) as preferred over resources with duplicative content. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.