13274 2011-07-15 20:22:29 +0000 Misleading <link> example 2011-08-14 06:53:36 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 HTML5 spec unspecified All All RESOLVED WONTFIX http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-link-element P2 normal --- 1 julian.reschke ian ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 51145 0 julian.reschke 2011-07-15 20:22:29 +0000 51146 1 julian.reschke 2011-07-15 20:24:50 +0000 This example: "For example, the following link element creates two hyperlinks (to the same page): <link rel="author license" href="/about"> The two links created by this element are one whose semantic is that the target page has information about the current page's author, and one whose semantic is that the target page has information regarding the license under which the current page is provided." is kind of misleading, as the referenced page by definition doesn't qualify as description of the author and the license. Maybe fragments of it do, though. 53550 2 mike 2011-08-04 05:15:00 +0000 mass-move component to LC1 54936 3 ian 2011-08-14 06:53:36 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: rel=author doesn't mean the page is exclusively about the author, and rel=license doesn't mean the page is exclusively about the license. As the example says, "the target page HAS INFORMATION ABOUT the current page's...".