+0.That's basically what I was getting at, as suggested by the proposed spec text. (BTW, "logically be presented to the user as clickable links" is not proposed spec text, so ultimately, if that's not a good way to express the idea, it doesn't matter much).
I like the idea of tightening the semantics, but "logically be presented to the user as clickable links" doesn't help much. At one extreme only GETtable hyperlinks fit the bill,
Here's the proposed spec text that defines the semantics:But if the definition can be made more useful, then I'd back this Pace, though would hope that the (controlled) extensibility point offered by 'rel' wasn't lost in the process.