RE: Proposal: WebDAV and transactions

> From: w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org
> [mailto:w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Jim Whitehead
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 9:24 PM
> To: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
> Subject: RE: Proposal: WebDAV and transactions
>
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> One common example is to be able to write a resource and its
> properties in a
> single operation. You want this to be a transaction, so that the resource
> doesn't get updates before the properties are written, and so that if the
> properties cannot be written, the resource is reverted back to it's
> pre-write state.

That's an excellent example for a case where a LOCK (or a delta-V working
resource) is all you need, right?

It get's more interesting once you want to manipulate *several* related
resources.

Julian

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