Short URL: http://html5.org/r/4111
| SVN | Bug | Comment | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4111 | Remove <link rel=feed> in favour of rel=alternate with specific types. | 2009-10-12 06:15 |
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--- source (revision 4110)
+++ source (revision 4111)
@@ -65525,13 +65525,6 @@
</tr>
<tr>
- <td><code title="rel-feed">feed</code></td>
- <td><span title="hyperlink link">Hyperlink</span></td>
- <td><span>Hyperlink</span></td>
- <td>Gives the address of a syndication feed for the current document.</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr>
<td><code title="rel-first">first</code></td>
<td><span title="hyperlink link">Hyperlink</span></td>
<td><span>Hyperlink</span></td>
@@ -65729,12 +65722,42 @@
<p>If the <code title="rel-alternate">alternate</code> keyword is
used with the <code title="attr-hyperlink-type">type</code>
attribute set to the value <code title="">application/rss+xml</code>
- or the value <code title="">application/atom+xml</code>, then the
- user agent must treat the link as it would if it had the <code
- title="rel-feed">feed</code> keyword specified as well.</p>
+ or the value <code title="">application/atom+xml</code>, then it
+ indicates that the referenced document is a syndication feed (though
+ not necessarily syndicating exactly the same content as the current
+ page).</p>
+ <div class="impl">
+
+ <p>The first <code>link</code>, <code>a</code>, or <code>area</code>
+ element in the document (in tree order) with the <code
+ title="rel-alternate">alternate</code> keyword used with the <code
+ title="attr-hyperlink-type">type</code> attribute set to the value
+ <code title="">application/rss+xml</code> or the value <code
+ title="">application/atom+xml</code> must be treated as the default
+ syndication feed for the purposes of feed autodiscovery.</p>
+
+ <div class="example">
+ <p>The following <code>link</code> element gives the syndication
+ feed for the current page:</p>
+ <pre><link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" href="data.xml"></pre>
+ <p>The following extract offers various different syndication
+ feeds:</p>
+ <pre><p>You can access the planets database using Atom feeds:</p>
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="recently-visited-planets.xml" rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml">Recently Visited Planets</a></li>
+ <li><a href="known-bad-planets.xml" rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml">Known Bad Planets</a></li>
+ <li><a href="unexplored-planets.xml" rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml">Unexplored Planets</a></li>
+</ul></pre>
</div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+
+ </div>
+
<p>The <code title="rel-alternate">alternate</code> link
relationship is transitive — that is, if a document links to
two other documents with the link type "<code
@@ -65880,50 +65903,6 @@
that the current document forms a part of.</p>
- <h5>Link type "<dfn title="rel-feed"><code>feed</code></dfn>"</h5>
-
- <p>The <code title="rel-feed">feed</code> keyword may be used with
- <code>link</code>, <code>a</code>, and <code>area</code>
- elements. For <code>link</code> elements, it creates a <span
- title="hyperlink link">hyperlink</span>.</p>
-
- <p>The <code title="rel-feed">feed</code> keyword indicates that the
- referenced document is a syndication feed. If the <code
- title="rel-alternate">alternate</code> link type is also specified,
- then the feed is specifically the feed for the current document;
- otherwise, the feed is just a syndication feed, not necessarily
- associated with a particular Web page.</p>
-
- <div class="impl">
-
- <p>The first <code>link</code>, <code>a</code>, or <code>area</code>
- element in the document (in tree order) that creates a hyperlink
- with the link type <code title="rel-feed">feed</code> must be
- treated as the default syndication feed for the purposes of feed
- autodiscovery.</p>
-
- <p class="note">The <code title="rel-feed">feed</code> keyword is
- implied by the <code title="rel-alternate">alternate</code> link
- type in certain cases (q.v.).</p>
-
- <div class="example">
- <p>The following two <code>link</code> elements are equivalent:
- both give the syndication feed for the current page:</p>
- <pre><link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" href="data.xml"></pre>
- <pre><link rel="feed alternate" href="data.xml"></pre>
- <p>The following extract offers various different syndication
- feeds:</p>
- <pre> <p>You can access the planets database using Atom feeds:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="recently-visited-planets.xml" rel="feed">Recently Visited Planets</a></li>
- <li><a href="known-bad-planets.xml" rel="feed">Known Bad Planets</a></li>
- <li><a href="unexplored-planets.xml" rel="feed">Unexplored Planets</a></li>
- </ul></pre>
- </div>
-
- </div>
-
-
<h5>Link type "<dfn title="rel-help"><code>help</code></dfn>"</h5>
<p>The <code title="rel-help">help</code> keyword may be used with