Re: PATCH and WebDAV, was Re: PATCH Draft

Cyrus Daboo wrote:
> Hi James,
> 
> --On June 25, 2007 1:10:04 PM -0700 James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>   http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-dusseault-http-patch-07.txt
> 
>> Comments? Concerns?
> 
> As has been indicated PATCH will likely be used by WebDAV servers.
> Therefore I think it would be handy to have a "WebDAV Considerations"
> section that describes any issue specific to WebDAV. In particular the
> interaction with WebDAV ACL ought to be clarified (basically that use of
> PATCH will be tied to the same ACLs that enable use of PUT - assuming
> that we allow PATCH to create a new resource as well as modify an
> existing one). It might also be useful to define a
> "DAV:supported-patch-formats" property to allow the patch formats
> supported by a particular resource to be enumerated. Also, is it
> meaningful to PATCH a collection? e.g. could I PATCH a new collection
> and effectively create all the resources within that collection all in
> one go? Or could it be used to PATCH specific resources in the
> collection all in one go?
> 

I can understand why this would be desirable. I, however, am nowhere
near qualified to discuss any reasonable considerations for WebDAV.

Regarding the "DAV:supported-patch-formats" suggestion, why wouldn't the
Accept-Patch response header be enough?

- James