Re: Call for Adoption: SEARCH method

Am 04.11.2020 um 21:40 schrieb Austin Wright:
> ...
> I’m very much in favor of a safe variation of POST.
>
> However,
>
>> for backwards compatibility with existing WebDAV implementations, SEARCH requests that use the text/xml or application/xml content types MUST be processed per the requirements established by [RFC5323  <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5323>].
>
> I think this is too restrictive. If it’s not possible to relax the
> RFC5323 requirements, I would favor using REPORT instead.
> ...

We can relax the requirement to apply only to */xml which has a document
element in the "DAV:" namespace (see
<https://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc5323.html#rfc.section.2.2.2>, or
even restrict it to the two element names defined there).

Best regards, Julian

Received on Thursday, 5 November 2020 09:43:38 UTC