[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40799: HTTPS everywhere

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#40799: HTTPS everywhere
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 Reporter:  Turn On Social  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:
Component:  General         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by rmccue):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 Both link relations and XML namespaces are URIs (indicators) rather than
 URLs (locations), and they're '''just a name'''. They can be any type of
 URI, something like `data:text/plain;...` or `urn:isbn:...` would be
 perfectly fine here, despite browsers not being able to access them.

 However, they do need to match exactly against the standard's name, so we
 can't change them. (As an example, RDF's namespace is
 `http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#` with the trailing, useless
 hash, which can't be removed.)

 Changing this would break compatibility with browsers and other clients
 that expect this exact name, so closing as a wontfix. The scanning engines
 you mention need to be changed to understand that XML namespaces and link
 relations are just names, not links.

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