RE: Extend basicsearch

Yes,

you can. The DTD shouldn't be considered normative. See 

	http://www.greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2518.html#rfc.section.C

Julian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-webdav-dasl-request@w3.org
> [mailto:www-webdav-dasl-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Wallmer, Martin
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:21 PM
> To: www-webdav-dasl@w3.org
> Subject: RE: Extend basicsearch
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> is it possible to introduce custom operators? As far as I understand the
> basicsearch DTD, the set of valid operators is clearly defined. 
> 
> Martin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Reschke [mailto:julian.reschke@gmx.de]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2002 15:01
> To: Wallmer, Martin; www-webdav-dasl@w3.org
> Cc: 'Julian Reschke'
> Subject: RE: Extend basicsearch
> 
> 
> Well,
> 
> instead of extending DAV:contains, you might use a custom DASL extension
> (unless you're happy with a server not knowing your extension 
> syntaxtfalling
> back to it's default behaviour).
> 
> Julian
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wallmer, Martin [mailto:Martin.Wallmer@softwareag.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 2:58 PM
> > To: www-webdav-dasl@w3.org
> > Cc: 'Julian Reschke'
> > Subject: RE: Extend basicsearch
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > thanks for quick reply. What do you mean by "custom function"?
> >
> > Martin Wallmer
> > Research & Development
> > Software AG 			++49 6151 92 1831
> > Uhlandstr. 12
> > D 64297 Darmstadt
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Julian Reschke [mailto:julian.reschke@gmx.de]
> > Sent: Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2002 14:28
> > To: Wallmer, Martin; www-webdav-dasl@w3.org
> > Cc: Pill, Juergen
> > Subject: RE: Extend basicsearch
> >
> >
> > Basically,
> >
> > what a server does with DAV:contains is completely open. So, yes, your
> > server could use an extension like this (I'd propably define a custom
> > function or move the path into an attribute instead, though). And no,
> > there's nothing like this in the standard.
> >
> > Julian
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: www-webdav-dasl-request@w3.org
> > > [mailto:www-webdav-dasl-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Wallmer, Martin
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 2:18 PM
> > > To: 'www-webdav-dasl@w3.org'
> > > Cc: Pill, Juergen
> > > Subject: Extend basicsearch
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > once again a question about extending the basicsearch,
> > concerning content
> > > based issues.
> > >
> > > Suppose the server stores XML documents, and I want to find all
> > documents
> > > greater than 10000 bytes and concerning the patient "Otto", 
> I'd like to
> > > write
> > >
> > > ...
> > > 		<d:where>
> > > 			<d:and>
> > > 				<d:gt>
> > > 					<d:prop>
> > > 						<d:getcontentlength/>
> > > 					</d:prop>
> > > 					<d:literal>10000</d:literal>
> > > 				</d:gt>
> > > 				<d:contains> [patient/name = 'Otto']
> > > </d:contains>
> > > 			</d:and>
> > > 	</d:where>
> > >
> > > where the server defines, that <contains> expressions enclosed
> > in brackets
> > > are interpreted as xpath filter. Would that be covered by the
> > standard? Or
> > > would it make sense to introduce a new optional "%content_ops"
> > > operator, say
> > > xpathfilter, to handle this?
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Martin Wallmer
> > > Research & Development
> > > Software AG 			++49 6151 92 1831
> > > Uhlandstr. 12
> > > D 64297 Darmstadt
> > >
> >
>

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