9. References

9.1. Normative References

RFC 2119 - Key Words for RFCs
BCP 14, RFC 2119: Requirement levels (MUST, SHOULD, MAY)

RFC 2616 - HTTP/1.1
ABNF notation and HTTP fundamentals

RFC 3864 - HTTP Header Registration
Message header registry procedures

RFC 3986 - URI Generic Syntax
URI structure and resolution rules

RFC 3987 - IRI Specification
Internationalized Resource Identifiers

RFC 4288 - Media Type Specifications
Media type naming and registration

RFC 5226 - IANA Considerations
Registry creation and maintenance guidelines

RFC 5646 - Language Tags
Language identification tags (BCP 47)

RFC 5987 - Character Set Encoding
HTTP header parameter encoding for non-ASCII

HTML 4.01 - W3C Recommendation
Link element and media descriptors

RFC 2026 - Internet Standards Process
Open standards definition

RFC 2068 - HTTP/1.1 (Original)
Historical Link header definition

RFC 4287 - Atom Syndication Format
Original link relation registry

Official RFC: RFC 5988
DataTracker: RFC 5988 Info