Re: Fielding on MOVE & COPY

>One reason for having a separate MOVE operation is that if the document has
>attributes, you want a COPY operation to result in new values for certain
>attributes (like create date, creator) whereas a MOVE operation should leave
>the values alone.

I disagree. Such attributes make little sense in the context of the
Web, indeed the Web currently has no knowledge whatsoever of such
things.

If I move a file from one area of URL space to another that does
not imply a transfer on the backing store.

	Phill