[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40587: Feed link markup should contain rel and type attributes

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#40587: Feed link markup should contain rel and type attributes
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 Reporter:  henry.wright              |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement               |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  4.8
Component:  Feeds                     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by stevenkword):

 Replying to [comment:1 subrataemfluence]:
 > Out of curiosity:
 >
 > What additional benefit we would have by adding those two attributes?
 >

 Adding "rel" and "type" attributes to anchor tags and link tags facilitate
 feed auto-discovery.  While the "link" tag found in the header is used to
 advertise the feed related to the rendered page, adding additional links
 containing these attributes allows the page to advertise additional feeds
 to search engines.

 For example, a home page will contain a "link" element in the "head" that
 has a one-to-one relationship with main feed.  However, an individual post
 from that same home page could advertise comment feeds for each individual
 post found on the page if these attributes were leveraged.

 In another example, a widget could contain a link to a custom feed that
 would not otherwise be discovered without a sitemap.

 See for more information: https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/links.html#rel-
 alternate

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