Discovery of The Yadis Resource Descriptor
The capability document associated with an identity URL is found either:
- By following a custom HTTP response header called
X-XRDS-Location, - By an equivalent entry in the HTML HEAD section, called
, or - By requesting a special mime type called
application/xrds+xmlwhen performing an HTTP GET on the identity URL.
Developers can choose which of the alternatives to implement, based on factors such as whether they can run software at the identity URL or not.
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