Re: Hierarchical URLs and Collections

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