Re: UPDATE method and forking

Hi,

>  >
>  > I have reread section 9 of RFC 3253 and I can't find prove of a VCR being
>  > created for a working resource, but I'm misinterpreting something 
> perhaps.
> 
> Manfred's description isn't quite right ... you don't check out a working
> resource ... you create a working resource by checking out a version.

This is of course true.

> You then update the working resource (with PUT) and check it in, which
> deletes the working resource and creates a new version.  So Werner is 
> correct

My point was that the working resource itself is a VCR, whose deletion 
on a subsequent CHECKIN can be avoided using the DAV:keep-checked-out 
flag, in which case the working resource behaves much like any other VCR.

Regards,
Manfred

Received on Friday, 17 March 2006 16:34:15 UTC