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Webmention spec
https://www.w3.org/TR/webmention/
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Differentiate new class "proxy receiver" and how it differs from "receiver" #44

Closed aaronpk closed 8 years ago

aaronpk commented 8 years ago

There are currently two types of webmention receivers implemented. The simple receiver exists on a single domain and accepts webmentions for URLs at that domain or URLs that redirect to that domain (such as shortURLs or aliases). Proxy receivers accept webmentions for domains other than themselves. Examples of these include:

Parts of the spec that apply differently to proxy receivers include:

Feel free to comment with other parts of the spec that differ for this class.

sandhawke commented 8 years ago

Is this just editorial?

aaronpk commented 8 years ago

There isn't enough of a reason to add another conformance class, but instead we will add a sentence to the end of the section "What a 'valid resource' means is up to the receiver. For example, some receivers may accept webmentions for multiple domains."

aaronpk commented 8 years ago

Added this sentence.