Re: Support for non-DAV collections

Lisa Dusseault wrote:
> 
> 
> Speaking of RFC2518bis, do we have any support for this option in any  
> WebDAV implementations?  I don't recall it being tested in past interops...
> 
> "   A resource MAY be a collection but not be WebDAV compliant.  That is,
>    the resource may comply with all the rules set out in this
>    specification regarding how a collection is to behave without
>    necessarily supporting all methods that a WebDAV compliant resource
>    is required to support.  In such a case the resource may return the
>    DAV:resourcetype property with the value DAV:collection but MUST NOT
>    return a DAV header containing the value "1" on an OPTIONS response."
> 
> If this option isn't implemented or isn't interoperable, let's cut it.

As far as I can tell, there's no reason to cut it. It doesn't make the 
protocol harder to implement, and it may be of value for some servers 
that choose to implement a subset of WebDAV only (GroupDAV comes to mind).

Best regards, Julian