Hi Jonathan,
The <URI> element is the same as the link target in Link header (the <> enclosed value), or the 'href' attribute in HTML. XRD does not support the anchor functionality. It would be a bit odd to allow an XRD describing one resource to make statements about other resources' relations.
EHL
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Rees [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 5:11 AM
> To: ; Eran Hammer-Lahav
> Cc: Mark Nottingham; Ben Adida
> Subject: XRD <uri> vs. Link: anchor=
>
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> XRD <uri> seems to do exactly what the Link: header's anchor= parameter
> does [1]. It would be nice if the two used the same token to communicate
> this function. As <uri> is not descriptive of the role played by the URI, I
> recommend updating XRD to match Link:, by renaming the <uri> element (or
> attribute, should you go that route) to be <anchor>.
>
> Jonathan
>
> [1] http://www.mnot.net/drafts/draft-nottingham-http-link-header-07.txt
>
> (p.s. I wonder if HTML5's <link> element should have an 'anchor'
> attribute, for symmetry ...)
