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This was was cloned from bug 13068 as part of operation convergence. Originally filed: 2011-06-27 12:29:00 +0000 Original reporter: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> ================================================================================ #0 Julian Reschke 2011-06-27 12:29:17 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For consistency with RFC 5988, the specification should allow "extension relation types" (see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988#section-4.2). Essentially that means making all relations using URI syntax be valid (and not requiring registration). ================================================================================ #1 Aryeh Gregor 2011-06-27 17:48:44 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What are the use-cases? People can already register rel values on the wiki. Consistency with a preexisting RFC isn't a strong reason by itself. (If content depended on it, that might be a reason.) ================================================================================ #2 Julian Reschke 2011-06-27 18:10:41 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The use cases are those that do not require standardization, such as private use, or augmented HTML targeted at specific consumers. ================================================================================ #4 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-08-16 04:51:59 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: Consistency with RFC 5988 isn't goal. Registering types is so trivial at this point that there's no need for an even easier mechanism. And of course we don't really want to encourage widespread proprietary values. (Privately used proprietary values are already possible without registering the type: just say it's ok and so long as all of you in your community agree, then it's ok. Same with any other extension to any other standard in the world.) ================================================================================ #5 Julian Reschke 2011-08-25 15:15:48 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/170 ================================================================================ #6 Sam Ruby 2012-03-20 15:14:49 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WG Decision: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Mar/0553.html Change Proposal: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Oct/0107.html ================================================================================