- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@kiwi.ics.uci.edu>
- Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 12:10:03 -0700
- To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- cc: WebDAV working group <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
We are definitely talking past one another. The real problem is that WebDAV defines namespaces, not collections in the general sense. The hierarchical requirement does make sense for a namespace. What I was trying to explain was that the requirement only applies to that subset of collections which is a namespace, though I've pretty much gotten to the point where I'd be a lot happier if WebDAV wouldn't use general terminology to refer to something that has been restricted (for ease of deployment) to only a subset of what real collections are capable of supporting. The functionality you want is part of the advanced collections requirements and is currently called a direct reference. Maybe it should also be called an internal member, but that means you have to go back and invent a new term for internal members that are not direct references. I hope that this will be easier to do sometime this week in the hallways or DAV-WG meeting rather than trying to wrangle terminology on the list. ....Roy
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