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<http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-link-element> currently says: "Some versions of HTTP defined a Link: header, to be processed like a series of link elements." Now that RFC 5988 is the official spec for the Link header field this could use some rewording, such as: "RFC 5988 defines the HTTP Link: header field, to be processed..."
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Checked in as WHATWG revision r5798. Check-in comment: Remove the text that was trying to handwave the Link: header's non-existence, now that it exists formally again. http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5797&to=5798
mass-moved component to LC1