Re: Comments on the "new" 2518--Display Name

+1 from me as well.  I believe Kevin's paragraph addresses the key
confusions around DAV:displayname.

Cheers,
Geoff

Julian wrote on 03/06/2006 08:58:57 AM:
> 
> Kevin Wiggen wrote:
> > 
> > Well I am not a spec writer nor an English major and I often say 
Pascal
> > is my native language BUT:
> > 
> > Webdav servers and clients must understand that the method for
> > identifying resources is still the URL.  While generic Webdav clients
> > will be able to display DAV:displayname to end users, both sides of 
the
> > Webdav protocol must understand that if users are allowed to do things
> > like rename, move, copy etc, generic clients must show the URLs to 
these
> > end users to allow these operations.  Changes to DAV:displayname do 
not
> > issue moves or copies to the server, but simply change a piece of
> > meta-data on the individual resource.
> > 
> > Language should be added to the spec that makes this clear, as we
> > routinely hear from people whom have read the spec that expectations
> > around displayname are not the same as what the spec designers are
> > telling me on this list.
> 
> +1 on the language proposed by Kevin.
> 
> best regards, Julian
>