lynx-dev HTTP 'Link' Header

[Ian Hickson]

Hi.

We are writing an Internet Draft [1] for RFC2068 [2]'s LINK header [3],
which was removed from the IETF's HTTP Internet Draft [4] due to lack of
client-side support.

NGLayout (aka, Netscape 5) [5] now supports this HTTP header completely, but
we need another implementation for this Internet Draft to be considered.

Since Lynx already supports the LINK HTML element, and since the Link HTTP
header maps straight onto the LINK HTML element, would you consider
implementing the HTTP 'Link' Header in your next release?


The 'Link' header has the following format:

 Link: <URI>; rel=relationship; rev=relationship; title=quoted-string; etc...

With the possibility of concatenating links on a single header. See the
draft specification for a formal definition [1].

To map this onto the LINK HTML element, you need to take <uri> and use it
for the value of the HREF attribute, and then take each recognised attribute
from the HTTP header and use its value for the value of that attribute in
the LINK element.

Should you wish to implement this feature, some test pages are already
available. [6]


We thank you in advance for considering this.

-- References --
[1] http://www.w3.org/Protocols/9707-link-header
[2] http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2068/rfc2068
[3] Section 19.6.2.4 of [2]
[4] ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-http-v11-spec-rev-06.txt
[5] http://www.mozilla.org/
[6] http://www.bath.ac.uk/%7Epy8ieh/internet/eviltests/link6.html

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Dan Connolly
Ian Hickson