Re: [apps-discuss] Link rel uniqueness

No. link-value is the syntactic construct of *one* link; see the ABNF. There can be multiple links with the same target; this is just saying that there can only be one "rel" parameter on each link.

Cheers,

On 21/10/2012, at 6:49 PM, Jan Algermissen <jan.algermissen@nordsc.com> wrote:

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> On Oct 21, 2012, at 5:52 AM, Mark Nottingham wrote:
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>> Hi Jan,
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>> What's the specific requirement you're referring to?
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> Section 5.3.:
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> "The relation type of a link is conveyed in the "rel" parameter's
>   value.  The "rel" parameter MUST NOT appear more than once in a given
>   link-value; occurrences after the first MUST be ignored by parsers."
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> I was unsure what the link-value refers to but from what you write below I understand that it refers to the combination of all header values of the same name.
> 
> That would then mean that parsers, when seeing
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>>> Link: </a>; rel="describedBy"
>>> Link: </b>; rel="describedBy"
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> would, per 5.3., have to produce only
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>>> Link: </a>; rel="describedBy"
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> (ignoring the Link to /b)
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> Correct?
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> P.S. I find that a bit counter intuitive. Given that further links might occur elsewhere in the entity.
> 
> Jan
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>> Semantically, in ANY HTTP header defined using the "," list production, the following are equivalent:
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>> Foo: 1
>> Foo: 2
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>> and
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>> Foo: 1, 2
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>> Regards,
>> 
>> 
>> On 21/10/2012, at 9:33 AM, Jan Algermissen <jan.algermissen@nordsc.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I am seeking a clarification ragarding link rel uniqueness in http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988
>>> 
>>> AFAIU the required uniqueness of rel is 'per header' and thus, the following HTTP response headers in a single response would be valid according to RFC 5988:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Link: </a>; rel="describedBy"
>>> Link: </b>; rel="describedBy"
>>> 
>>> Correct?
>>> 
>>> Jan
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