Eric Scheid wrote:
Yes, but that would mean that it *would* work, not that it *wouldn't*. Being
orthogonal means that those three links are equivalent to these six links
rel="alternate" href="1"
rel="alternate" href="2"
rel="alternate" href="3"
rel="feed" href="1"
rel="entry" href="2"
rel="replies" href="3"
Which is exactly what was intended.
Yep. Specifying them as separate tokens provides backwards compatibility
(with clients that are actually implemented properly) and better
semantics. Folks that rely just on the "alternate" mechanism won't be
any worse off than they are currently. Folks that want the clearer and
specific semantics would look for "feed", "entry", "replies"
- James
