The Canonical Link Relation

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Informational
Pages: 8
Abstract: RFC 5988 specifies a way to define relationships between links on the web. This document describes a new type of such a relationship, "canonical", to designate an Internationalized Resource Identifier (IRI) as preferred over resources with duplicative content. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
Publication Date: 2012-04-01
Status Note: Informational
DOI: 10.17487/RFC6596
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6596
Author(s): Maile Ohye
Joachim Kupke

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IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
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IETF RFC 5988 [Superseded*]
W3C.html401 — HTML401 EXTERNAL
W3C.html401.19991224 — [HTML-4.01] REC-html401-19991224, W3C Recommendation: HTML 4.01 Specification (December 24 th , 1999). EXTERNAL

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