- From: Tim Ellison <Tim_Ellison@uk.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 17:45:27 +0100
- To: "WebDAV WG" <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
"Jim Whitehead" <ejw@cse.ucsc.edu> wrote: > One of the features you need for document management is > the ability to set a large number of properties when the > body of a resource is first created. The implication is that a lock-null resource has properties but does not have a body! > If the 201 doesn't come back, then a client wouldn't know > that this is the first time the resource body state is being > set. > > Of course, this isn't the only way to address the issue -- > a client could allow properties to be set internal to the > document format (like .doc and .pdf files), and then the > server could extract the metadata from the document. But, > this requires document-specific knowledge, and that implies > brittleness over time. Not good I agree. Tim
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