A reader could not find the Solid Protocol Spec

[timbl]

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Use of the word "specification" should be linked the github repo

[timbl]

Link to the spec from more than one place, but certaijly the Developer. Maybe make it a top level menu item.

[michielbdejong]

I just came here to report this exact same issue!

It seems there is no link from any of the pages on https://solidproject.org to https://solidproject.org/TR/protocol.

Even though the 'About Solid' page says 'Solid is a specification', there is no hyperlink there, and it's pretty hard to get from there to the actual specification.

The shortest path I found was to click 'Community' on the top right, then 'Go to Community Group', then 'Solid Technical Reports', then work item 'Solid Protocol'.

Indeed, let's add a big "Read the spec" button on the 'For developers' page.

[michielbdejong]

And actually even https://solidproject.org/specification does not link directly to https://solidproject.org/TR/protocol

[DerSaidin]

+1

I got to https://solidproject.org/about and was disappointed there isn't a link there.

I found the source for this page and... there is an attempt to link, but neither Firefox nor Chrome render this as a clickable link.

I would send a pull request to change it to something simple and working (ie. <a href="https://solidproject.org/TR/">specification</a>) but seeing the source makes me think this is not how this website wants to do things.

At least the for developers uses something that works...