From a5b58523156c2c585e2ae09cc3d54879386a084b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Varner Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 12:09:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] update Collection canonical definition --- collections/README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/collections/README.md b/collections/README.md index ae677b0e..5a2d5ced 100644 --- a/collections/README.md +++ b/collections/README.md @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Additionally, these relations may exist for the `/collections/{collectionId}` en | **rel** | **href** | **From** | **Description** | | -------- | ----------------------------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------ | -| `canonical` | various | STAC Core | The child STAC Catalogs & Collections. Provides canonical paths to get to STAC Collection and Item objects if they differ from the URL that was used to retrieve the STAC object. This can be useful in federated catalogs that present data that had a different canonical location. | +| `canonical` | various | STAC Core | Provides the preferred paths to get to STAC Collection and Item objects, if they differ from the URL that was used to retrieve the STAC object and thus duplicate other content. This can be useful in federated catalogs that present metadata that has a different location than the source metadata. | Usually, the `self` link in a Collection must link to the same URL that was used to request it. However, implementations may choose to have the canonical location of the Collection be