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Drop MUST requirement for rel=self #69

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cweiske opened this issue Nov 23, 2016 · 4 comments
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Drop MUST requirement for rel=self #69

cweiske opened this issue Nov 23, 2016 · 4 comments

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@cweiske
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cweiske commented Nov 23, 2016

WebSub requires publishers to add a rel=self link to each document:

The discovery mechanism aims at identifying at least 2 URLs.
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The canonical URL for the topic to which subscribers are expected to use for subscriptions.
The protocol currently supports the following discovery mechanisms. Publishers MUST implement at least one of them:
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Please drop the MUST requirement for the rel=self URL and let clients fall back to URL that was used to retrieve the document. This will make it easier to implement WebSub on the publisher side.

Also see the discussion in the #indieweb channel: https://chat.indieweb.org/2015-05-22#t1432330396549000

@voxpelli
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Do someone know the historical reason it was added in the first place?

@pfefferle
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here is the original discussion: pubsubhubbub/PubSubHubbub#36

@cweiske
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cweiske commented Nov 23, 2016

I already forgot about that issue :/

@cweiske cweiske closed this as completed Nov 23, 2016
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pfefferle commented Nov 23, 2016

rel-self is defined here btw. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988#section-6.2.2

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