RE: Summary of ETag related issues in RFC2518bis

> As the implementer of a WebDAV file system client, the whole 
> idea of x != GET(PUT(x)) makes my head hurt. For file systems 
> to work, they require x == GET(PUT(x)) if there have been no 
> PUTs from other clients between the PUT and the GET.

Yes, but there are many other webdav servers out there that are *not*
file systems.  I strongly believe that WebDAV was not intended just for
file-system access.

By the way, everyone, please note that GET(PUT(x)) == x does *not* imply
PUT(x) == x.

    dan