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draft-wilde-linkset-00
Network Working Group                                           E. Wilde
Internet-Draft                                           CA Technologies
Intended status: Informational                          H. Van de Sompel
Expires: February 3, 2018                 Los Alamos National Laboratory
                                                          August 2, 2017

      Linkset: A Link Relation Type and Media Types for Link Sets
                         draft-wilde-linkset-00

Abstract

   This specification defines a link relation type and media types for
   working with sets of links.  Using this link relation type and/or the
   media types is useful when it becomes necessary to represent links
   outside the context of a resource they are linking.  One typical
   example are scenarios in which the number of links to put in an HTTP
   Link header field is too big, and thus these links should become a
   resource of their own.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  Origin Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.2.  Link Set Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  Third-Party Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.2.  Challenges Writing to HTTP Header Field . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.3.  Large Number of Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  The "linkset" Relation Type for Linking to Link Sets  . . . .   5
   5.  Document Formats for Link Sets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     5.1.  Native Document Format for Link Sets: application/linkset   7
     5.2.  JSON Document Format for Link Sets:
           application/linkset+json  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       5.2.1.  Link Value Objects  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       5.2.2.  Link Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       5.2.3.  Internationalized Link Parameters . . . . . . . . . .   8
   6.  Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     6.1.  Links Provided in the Header of the Link Set Resource . .   9
     6.2.  Links Provided in the Body of the Link Set Resource,
           Link Set Serialized as application/linkset+json . . . . .  11
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     7.1.  Link Relation Type: linkset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     7.2.  Media Type: application/linkset . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       7.2.1.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     7.3.  Media Type: application/linkset+json  . . . . . . . . . .  14
   8.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   9.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16

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1.  Introduction

   Resources on the Web often convey typed Web Links
   [I-D.nottingham-rfc5988bis] as a part of resource representations,
   for example, using the <link> element for HTML representations, or
   the "Link" header field in HTTP response headers for representations
   of any media type.  In some cases, however, providing links by value
   is impractical or impossible.  In these cases, an approach to provide
   links by reference (instead of by value) can solve the problem.  This
   specification defines the "linkset" relation type that allows to link
   resources to sets of links, thereby making it possible to represent
   links by reference, and not by value.

2.  Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

   This section introduces two types of resources involved in providing
   links by reference, as well as the link relation type used to
   interlink them.

2.1.  Origin Resource

   An "origin resource" is a resource that makes links in which it
   participates discoverable by providing a typed link that has a "link
   set resource" as the target.  From the perspective of the origin
   resource, the links in the "link set resource" are therefore provided
   by reference.

2.2.  Link Set Resource

   A "link set resource" is a resource - distinct from the origin
   resource, and possibly linked to from the origin resource - that
   provides one or more links in which the origin resource participates.

   Because the link set resource is distinct from the origin resource,
   links provided by the link set resource must represent both the
   source and target of each link to allow unambiguous interpretation.

   Link set resources can be represented in any way that allows
   representation of links in a way that supports both source and target
   anchors of links.  Section Section 5 defines two possible
   representations, both of which are based on the link model defined by
   Web Linking [I-D.nottingham-rfc5988bis].

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3.  Scenarios

   The following sections outline some scenarios in which it is useful
   to have the ability to separate resources and links pertaining to
   them.

   These are all scenarios in which providing (some) links by reference
   is advantageous or necessary to accomplish certain goals.  It is
   important to keep in mind that even when using the pattern of "links
   by reference", it is still possible to also provide links by value,
   allowing resources to decide and combine which of the two patterns
   they would like to use.

3.1.  Third-Party Links

   In some cases, it is useful that links pertaining to an origin
   resource are provided by a server other than the one that hosts the
   origin resource.  For example, this allows:

   o  Providing links in which the origin resource is involved not just
      as source but also as target.

   o  Providing links pertaining to the original resource that the
      server hosting that resource is not aware of.

   o  External management of links pertaining to the origin resource in
      a special-purpose link management service.

   In such cases, a third-party link set resource provides links
   pertaining to the origin resource.  This link set resource may be
   managed by the same custodian as the origin resource, or by a third
   party.

   In order for the server hosting the origin resource to provide an up-
   to-date and complete set of links for it, it would need to obtain the
   links from the link set resource, and embed them in the origin
   resource's representations prior to responding to a client.  Doing so
   would increase latency and load, which may be unnecessary if a client
   is not intent on consuming these links.  Providing links by
   reference, instead of by value, removes the server-to-server
   communication and resulting overhead required to obtain links.
   Instead, the consumer of the origin resource can decide if they need
   the additional links as context for the resource.

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3.2.  Challenges Writing to HTTP Header Field

   In some cases, it is not straightforward to write links to the HTTP
   Link header from an application.  This can, for example, be the case
   because not all required link information is available to the
   application or because the application does not have the capability
   to directly write HTTP headers.  In such cases, providing links by
   reference can be a solution because a link to a link set pertaining
   to a resource can typcially be added by means of a web server rewrite
   rule that leverages the resource's URI.

3.3.  Large Number of Links

   When conveying links in the HTTP "Link" header, it is possible for
   the size of the HTTP response header to become unpredictable.  This
   can be the case when links are determined dynamically dependent on a
   range of contextual factors.  It is possible to statically configure
   a web server to correctly handle large HTTP response headers by
   specifying an upper boundary for their size.  But when the number of
   links is unpredictable, estimating a reliable upper boundary is
   challenging.

   HTTP [RFC7231] defines error codes related to excess communication by
   the user agent ("413 Request Entity Too Large" and "414 Request-URI
   Too Long"), but no specific error codes are defined to indicate that
   response header content exceeds the upper boundary that can be
   handled by the server, and thus it has been truncated.  As a result,
   applications take counter measures aimed at controlling the size of
   the HTTP "Link" header, for example by limiting the links they
   provide to those with select relation types, thereby limiting the
   value of the HTTP "Link" header to clients.  Providing links by
   reference, instead of by value, overcomes challenges related to the
   unpredictable nature of the extent of HTTP "Link" headers.

   In more extreme scenarios it is conceivable that the number of links
   pertaining to the origin resource becomes so large that the response
   from the associated link set resource becomes too large.  This could
   be the case for highly popular origin resources, when the link set
   includes incoming links as well.  In such cases, the link set
   resource could deliver responses incrementally, for example, using a
   paged resource model that clients can consume as required, requesting
   links incrementally by paging through the provided link set.

4.  The "linkset" Relation Type for Linking to Link Sets

   A link with the "linkset" link relation type has as Context IRI the
   IRI of an origin resource, and as Target IRI the IRI of an associated
   link set resource.

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   A link with the "linkset" relation type MAY be provided in the header
   and/or the body of the origin resource's representation.  It may also
   be discovered by other means, such as through client-side
   information.

   More than one link with a "linkset" relation type MAY be provided.
   Multiple such links can refer to the same set of links expressed
   using different representations, or to different link sets
   (potentially provided by different services).

   The use of a link with the "linkset" relation type does not preclude
   the provision of links with other relation types, i.e. the origin
   resource can provide typed links other than a "linkset" link.
   Therefore, the effective set of links pertaining to the origin
   resource is the union of the links that the resource itself provides,
   and of all links in which it participates which are provided by the
   link set resources linked from it via "linkset" links.

   The link set resource MAY provide the links that pertain to the
   origin resource in its HTTP response header and/or body:

   o  In cases where the link set resource provides these links in its
      Link HTTP response header, the payload of that header MUST comply
      with the syntax defined in Web Linking
      [I-D.nottingham-rfc5988bis].  The media type of the response body
      is not constrained.

   o  In cases where the link set resource provides these links in its
      response body, the body SHOULD allow a client to determine the
      source and target of each provided link.  The media type of the
      response body is otherwise not constrained.

   There is no constraint on the Target IRI of a link with the "linkset"
   relation type; designing and using these links is left to the
   discretion of implementers.

   If an origin resource provides a "linkset" link pointing at a link
   set resource, and that link set resource provides a "linkset" link in
   turn, then this latter link points at links pertaining to the link
   set resource.  This means that in the context of the latter link, the
   link set resource is an origin resource.  This means that linkset
   relations are not transitive, and it is up to a client to decide
   whether they follow "nested chains" of linkset links or not.

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5.  Document Formats for Link Sets

   This section specifies two document formats to convey link sets, one
   that is identical to the payload of the HTTP Link header as specified
   in RFC 5988bis [I-D.nottingham-rfc5988bis], and the other is a JSON-
   based format that does not have the character encoding limitations to
   which HTTP headers are subject as per RFC 5987 [RFC5987].

5.1.  Native Document Format for Link Sets: application/linkset

   This document format is identical to the payload of the HTTP Link
   header.  It is defined in Section 3 of RFC 5988bis
   [I-D.nottingham-rfc5988bis], more specifically by its ABNF production
   rule for "Link" and subsequent ones.  The assigned media type for
   this format is application/linkset.

5.2.  JSON Document Format for Link Sets: application/linkset+json

   For applications that prefer a JSON serialization of link set
   resources, the following definition provides a JSON [RFC7159]
   serialization which is intended to faithfully reproduce the abstract
   model of RFC 5988bis [I-D.nottingham-rfc5988bis].

   In the JSON representation, a link set resource is represented by an
   array, where each member of the array is an object, which is the JSON
   representation of a link value.  Implementations MUST always wrap
   link value representations in an array, even if a link set contains
   only one link value.  Implementations MUST NOT include any members
   other than link value objects in the array representing a link set.

5.2.1.  Link Value Objects

   A link value object represents an individual link of a link set.
   Each link value object is represented as a JSON object and MUST have
   an "href" member that represents the link target.  The value of the
   "href" member is a URI-Reference that conveys the target IRI.

   [ { "href" : "http://example.com/foo" } ]

   This minimal example of a JSON-serialized link set contains just one
   link which only uses the link target URI in its representation.  In
   most cases, links are further qualified by link parameters, which are
   serialized as additional members of the link value object.

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5.2.2.  Link Parameters

   In accordance with RFC 5988bis, link parameters apply to individual
   links, and while a number of link parameters are defined by RFC
   5988bis, other link parameters MAY occur and implementations MUST
   ignore the ones that they do not understand.

   Link parameters appear as members of link value objects.  Their name
   is the name of the link parameter, and their value is the value of
   the link parameter.

   [ { "href" : "http://example.com/foo",
       "rel"  :  "next" } ]

   This example add a link relation type to the link, using the "rel"
   link parameter defined by RFC 5988bis.

   RFC 5988bis defines the link parameters "rel", "anchor", "rev",
   "hreflang", "media", "type", "title", and "title*".  For the link
   parameters "rel", "anchor", "rev", "hreflang", "media", and "type",
   these can appear in the JSON serialization in the same way as shown
   in the above example, as members of link value objects that have the
   link parameter type as their name, and its value as their value.  The
   case for "title" and "title*" is different because these have been
   specifically introduced to deal with character encoding issues in
   HTTP link headers, and can be encoded more effectively in JSON.

5.2.3.  Internationalized Link Parameters

   While most link parameters can be translated directly from their RFC
   5988bis variants, one special case are link parameters following the
   model of RFC 5987 [RFC5987].  These link parameters use the pattern
   of the "title" and "title*" link parameters defined by RFC 5988bis.
   The model defined by RFC 5987 [RFC5987] and used by "title" and
   "title*" may be used by additional link parameters as well, which can
   be recognized by the naming scheme of using a link parameter name and
   its variant with a trailing asterisk.  The JSON serialization model
   described here applies to all these parameters and MUST be used for
   the JSON representation of link sets.  In other words,
   implementations MUST NOT directly translate RFC 5987 style parameters
   into corresponding JSON link value object members.  Instead they MUST
   map them to the JSON representation defined in this section.

   Internationalized link parameters use the link parameter name as
   their name, and their value is either a string representing the link
   parameter value, or an object representing one or more language
   tagged link parameter values.  In such an object, the set of members
   uses a language tag [RFC5646] as their names, and their values are

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   strings representing the link parameter values associated with the
   respective language tag.

6.  Examples

   Sections Section 6.1 and Section 6.2 show examples whereby the link
   set resource provides links pertaining to the origin resource, in its
   response header and body, respectively.

6.1.  Links Provided in the Header of the Link Set Resource

   Figure 1 shows a client issuing an HTTP head request against origin
   resource http://example.org/resource1.

   HEAD /resource1 HTTP/1.1
   Host: example.org
   Connection: close

                    Figure 1: Client HTTP HEAD Request

   Figure 2 shows the response to the HEAD request of Figure 1.  The
   response contains a Link header with a link that uses the "linkset"
   relation type.  It indicates that links pertaining to the origin
   resource are provided by link set resource http://example.com/
   links?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.org%2Fresource.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:37:51 GMT
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Link: <http://example.com/links?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.org%2Fresource>
      ; rel="linkset"
      ; type="text/html"
Content-Length: 5214
Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8
Connection: close

            Figure 2: Response to HTTP HEAD on Origin Resource

   While in this example the IRI of the linkset resource uses a pattern
   that represents the IRI of the origin resource, this is opaque to the
   client, which simply follows the provided linkset IRI when retrieving
   the linkset resource.

   Figure 3 shows the client issuing an HTTP GET request against the
   link set resource provided in Figure 2.

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   GET /links?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.org%2Fresource HTTP/1.1
   Host: example.com
   Connection: close

          Figure 3: Client HTTP GET against the Link Set Resource

   Figure 4 shows the response headers to the HTTP GET request of
   Figure 3.  The links pertaining to the origin resource are provided
   in the Link response header of the link set resource.  As can be
   seen, in order to support an unambiguous determination of the Context
   IRI of each link, the "anchor" attribute is provided for each link.
   Note that most, but not all, links have the origin resource as
   Context IRI (anchor).

   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
   Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:40:02 GMT
   Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
   Link: <http://authors.example.net/johndoe>
      ; rel="author"
      ; type="application/rdf+xml"
      ; anchor="http://example.org/resource1",
    <http://authors.example.net/janedoe>
      ; rel="author"
      ; type="application/rdf+xml"
      ; anchor="http://example.org/resource1",
    <http://example.org/resource1/items/AF48EF.pdf>
      ; rel="item"
      ; type="application/pdf"
      ; anchor="http://example.org/resource1",
    <http://example.org/resource1/items/CB63DA.html>
      ; rel="item"
      ; type="text/html"
      ; anchor="http://example.org/resource1",
    <http://example.net/resource41/>
      ; rel="related"
      ; type="application/pdf"
      ; anchor="http://example.org/resource1/items/AF48EF.pdf"
   Content-Type: text/html
   Content-Length: 3018

       Figure 4: Response to HTTP GET against the Link Set Resource

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6.2.  Links Provided in the Body of the Link Set Resource, Link Set
      Serialized as application/linkset+json

   Figure 5 is an example of a client issuing an HTTP head request
   against origin resource http://example.org/article?id=10.1371/
   journal.pone.0167475

   HEAD article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0167475 HTTP/1.1
   Host: example.org
   Connection: close

                    Figure 5: Client HTTP HEAD Request

   Figure 6 shows the response to the HEAD request of Figure 5.  The
   response contains a Link header with a link that has the "linkset"
   relation type.  It indicates that links pertaining to the origin
   resource are provided by link set resource
   http://example.com/links/10.1371/journal.pone.0167475, which provides
   a representation with vendor media type application/
   vnd.example.org.linkset+json.

   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
   Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:37:51 GMT
   Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
   Link: <http://example.com/links/10.1371/journal.pone.0167475>
         ; rel="linkset"
         ; type="application/linkset+json"
   Content-Length: 236
   Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8
   Connection: close

            Figure 6: Response to HTTP HEAD on Origin Resource

   In this example, the IRI of the linkset resource does not directly
   represent the IRI of the origin resource anymore.  There still is an
   association possible through a IRI pattern that is including DOI
   information, but as in the example above, the linkset IRI is opaque
   to the client which simply accesses the IRI to retrieve the linkset
   resource.

   Figure 7 shows the client issuing an HTTP GET request against the
   link set resource provided in Figure 6.

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   GET /links/10.1371/journal.pone.0167475 HTTP/1.1
   Host: example.com
   Accept: application/linkset+json
   Connection: close

          Figure 7: Client HTTP GET against the Link Set Resource

   Figure 8 shows the response headers to the HTTP GET request of
   Figure 7.  The links pertaining to the origin resource are provided
   in the response body of the link set resource and are serialized
   according to the vendor media type application/
   vnd.example.org.linkset+json.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:40:02 GMT
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Content-Type: application/linkset+json
Content-Length: 794

[{"href":"http://authors.example.net/johndoe","anchor":"http://example.org/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0167475","rel":"author","type":"application/rdf+xml"},
 {"href":"http://authors.example.net/janedoe","anchor":"http://example.org/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0167475","rel":"author","type":"application/rdf+xml"},
 {"href":"http://example.org/resource1/items/AF48EF.pdf","anchor":"http://example.org/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0167475","rel":"item","type":"text/html"},
 {"href":"http://example.org/resource1/items/CB63DA.html","anchor":"http://example.org/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0167475","rel":"item","type":"application/pdf"},
 {"href":"http://example.net/resource41/","anchor":"http://example.org/resource1/items/AF48EF.pdf","rel":"related","type":"application/pdf"}]

       Figure 8: Response to HTTP GET against the Link Set Resource

   If Figure 6 would have provided a link to a link set with media type
   application/linkset, and if the client would have requested that link
   set, then the body of the response would have been similar to
   Figure 8.  But it would have had application/linkset as Content-Type,
   the payload of the HTTP Link header of Figure 4 as body, and an
   accordingly adjusted value for Content-Length.

7.  IANA Considerations

7.1.  Link Relation Type: linkset

   The link relation type below has been registered by IANA per
   Section 6.2.1 of Web Linking [I-D.nottingham-rfc5988bis]:

      Relation Name: linkset

      Description: The Target IRI of a link with the "linkset" relation
      type provides a set of links that pertain to the Context IRI of
      the link.

      Reference: [[ This document ]]

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7.2.  Media Type: application/linkset

7.2.1.  IANA Considerations

   The Internet media type [RFC6838] for a natively encoded link set is
   application/linkset.

      Type name: application

      Subtype name: linkset

      Required parameters: none

      Optional parameters: none

      Encoding considerations: ...

      Security considerations: ...

      Interoperability considerations: ...

      Published specification: [[ This document ]]

      Applications that use this media type: ...

      Additional information:

         Magic number(s): N/A

         File extension(s): This media type does not propose a specific
         extension.

         Macintosh file type code(s): TEXT

      Person & email address to contact for further information: Herbert
      Van de Sompel <herbertv@lanl.gov>

      Intended usage: COMMON

      Restrictions on usage: none

      Author: Herbert Van de Sompel <herbertv@lanl.gov>

      Change controller: IETF

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7.3.  Media Type: application/linkset+json

   The Internet media type [RFC6838] for a JSON-encoded link set is
   application/linkset+json.

      Type name: application

      Subtype name: linkset+json

      Required parameters: none

      Optional parameters: none

      Encoding considerations: ...

      Security considerations: ...

      Interoperability considerations: ...

      Published specification: [[ This document ]]

      Applications that use this media type: ...

      Additional information:

         Magic number(s): N/A

         File extension(s): JSON documents often use ".json" as the file
         extension, and this media type does not propose a specific
         extension other than this generic one.

         Macintosh file type code(s): TEXT

      Person & email address to contact for further information: Herbert
      Van de Sompel <herbertv@lanl.gov>

      Intended usage: COMMON

      Restrictions on usage: none

      Author: Herbert Van de Sompel <herbertv@lanl.gov>

      Change controller: IETF

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8.  Security Considerations

   ...

9.  Normative References

   [I-D.nottingham-rfc5988bis]
              Nottingham, M., "Web Linking", draft-nottingham-
              rfc5988bis-06 (work in progress), June 2017.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3986]  Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter, "Uniform
              Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", STD 66,
              RFC 3986, DOI 10.17487/RFC3986, January 2005,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3986>.

   [RFC5646]  Phillips, A., Ed. and M. Davis, Ed., "Tags for Identifying
              Languages", BCP 47, RFC 5646, DOI 10.17487/RFC5646,
              September 2009, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5646>.

   [RFC5987]  Reschke, J., "Character Set and Language Encoding for
              Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field
              Parameters", RFC 5987, DOI 10.17487/RFC5987, August 2010,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5987>.

   [RFC6690]  Shelby, Z., "Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) Link
              Format", RFC 6690, DOI 10.17487/RFC6690, August 2012,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6690>.

   [RFC6838]  Freed, N., Klensin, J., and T. Hansen, "Media Type
              Specifications and Registration Procedures", BCP 13,
              RFC 6838, DOI 10.17487/RFC6838, January 2013,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6838>.

   [RFC7159]  Bray, T., Ed., "The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data
              Interchange Format", RFC 7159, DOI 10.17487/RFC7159, March
              2014, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7159>.

   [RFC7231]  Fielding, R., Ed. and J. Reschke, Ed., "Hypertext Transfer
              Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content", RFC 7231,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7231, June 2014,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7231>.

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   [W3C.REC-html401-19991224]
              Rivoal, F., "Media Queries", World Wide Web
              Consortium Recommendation REC-css3-mediaqueries-20120619,
              June 2012.

Authors' Addresses

   Erik Wilde
   CA Technologies

   Email: erik.wilde@dret.net
   URI:   http://dret.net/netdret/

   Herbert Van de Sompel
   Los Alamos National Laboratory

   Email: herbertv@lanl.gov
   URI:   http://public.lanl.gov/herbertv/

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