RE: A DAV:principal-match REPORT

This sounds to me more like a good application for DASL, since it is
a simple query on a particular property value.  If DASL can't do this,
it is pretty much good for nothing.

Also, shouldn't you copy the ACL mailing list on this?

--Eric

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ietf-dav-versioning-request@w3.org
> [mailto:ietf-dav-versioning-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Clemm, Geoff
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 12:36 PM
> To: DeltaV (E-mail)
> Subject: A DAV:principal-match REPORT
> 
> 
> A very useful request is "find all resources in this collection
> that I own".  Currently, there is no interoperable way to do this
> in the ACL protocol.  To remedy this situation, I propose that we
> add a DAV:principal-match REPORT:
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> 9	ACCESS CONTROL REPORTS
> 
> 9.1	DAV:principal-match REPORT
> 
> The DAV:principal-match REPORT is used to identify all members of a
> collection that have a specified relationship with the current user.
> In particular, if the collection contains principals, the report can
> be used to identify all members of the collection that match the
> current user.  Alternatively, if the collection contains resources
> that have a property that identifies a principal (e.g. DAV:owner),
> then the report can be used to identify all members of the collection
> whose property identifies a principal that matches the current user.
> 
> Marshalling:
> 
> The request body MUST be a DAV:principal-match XML element.
> 
> <!ELEMENT principal-match ((principal-property|self), prop)>
> <!ELEMENT principal-match ANY>
> ANY value: an element whose type identifies a property
> <!ELEMENT self EMPTY>
> prop: see RFC 2518, Section 12.11
> 
> The response body for a successful request MUST be a DAV:multistatus
> XML element.
> 
> multistatus: see RFC 2518, Section 12.9
> 
> The response body for a successful DAV:principal-match REPORT request
> MUST contain a DAV:response element for each member of the collection
> that has the specified relationship with the current user.  If
> DAV:prop is specified in the request body, the properties specified in
> the DAV:prop element MUST be reported in the DAV:response elements.
> 
> 9.1.1	Example - DAV:principal-match REPORT
> 
> The following example identifies the members of the /doc
> collection that are owned by the current user.
>      
> >>REQUEST
> 
>   REPORT /doc HTTP/1.1
>   Host: www.webdav.org
>   Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8"
>   Content-Length: xxxx 
> 
>   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
>   <D:principal-match xmlns:D="DAV:">
>     <D:principal-property>
>       <D:owner/>
>     </D:principal-property>
>   </D:principal-match>
> 
> >>RESPONSE
> 
>   HTTP/1.1 207 Multi-Status
>   Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8"
>   Content-Length: xxxx
> 
>   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
>   <D:multistatus xmlns:D="DAV:">
>     <D:response>
>       <D:href>http://www.webdav.org/doc/foo.html</D:href>
>       <D:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</D:status>
>     </D:response>
>     <D:response>
>       <D:href>http://www.webdav.org/doc/img/bar.gif</D:href>
>       <D:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</D:status>
>     </D:response>
>   </D:multistatus>
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> 
>

Received on Tuesday, 12 June 2001 15:45:33 UTC