RFC 6573 · INFORMATIONAL · 2012
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
The Item and Collection Link Relations
Overview
RFC 6573, “The Item and Collection Link Relations”, is an Informational document published in April 2012 by M. Amundsen. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
RFC 5988 standardized a means of indicating the relationships between resources on the Web. This specification defines a pair of reciprocal link relation types that may be used to express the relationship between a collection and its members. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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