- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:26:51 +0100
- To: Jan Algermissen <algermissen1971@mac.com>
- CC: Atom-syntax Syntax' <atom-syntax@imc.org>, WebDAV <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
Jan Algermissen wrote: > (Sorry if this is confusing matters, but...) > I am not sure that the notion of a 'versioned resource' is necessary at > all. If the draft defined 'version' instead the whole checkin/checkout > notion could be dropped. The reason for making the distinction is that in many systems, versions and versionable resources are different things (for instance, in JCR and WebDAV). > 'Working Copy' could be defined separately as a resource that is an > 'private copy' of a resource, one whose URI is not made available to any > client except upon initial creation (sorry that this is so imprecise - I > hope you get the idea). The URI of a working copy may not be private at all. ...it's really to hard to come up with terminology that is compatible with many different system. > IWO, the draft somehow circles around the checkin/checkout operations > and I am not sure that is necessary. > > (But if this sounds completely insane, just ignore it) No, I'm listening; and hoping for more feedback... BR, Julian
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