Link Relation Types for Web Services
RFC 8631, “Link Relation Types for Web Services”, is an Informational document published in July 2019 by E. Wilde. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
Many resources provided on the Web are part of sets of resources that are provided in a context that is managed by one particular service provider. Often, these sets of resources are referred to as "Web services" or "Web APIs". This specification defines link relations that represent relationships from Web services or APIs to resources that provide documentation, descriptions, metadata, or status information for these resources. Documentation is primarily intended for human consumers, whereas descriptions are primarily intended for automated consumers. Metadata provides information about a service's context. This specification also defines a link relation to identify status resources that are used to represent information about service status.
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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