Re: Version issues
Jim Whitehead (ejw@ics.uci.edu)
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:03:31 -0800
From: Jim Whitehead <ejw@ics.uci.edu>
To: Versioning <ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:03:31 -0800
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Subject: Re: Version issues
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Subject: RE: Version issues
We should certainly discuss levels while designing the semantics of WebDAV
versioning. However, this cannot be done without a better understanding of
where we are headed. It is clear to me we are attempting to subset
something that is not fully understood. I suggest we have reached a point
where the leveling discussion is not helping any of our causes and we need
a more complete strawman to act as a basis for leveling. This will take
some iteration, and that's fine. I think we already know enough about
leveling requirements that this strawman won't be too far out.
So let's focus on getting a more complete understanding of the versioning
model we have at the moment. We need to discover missing, unnecessary, or
inconsistent semantics. Once we all give this a nod, we can tackle the
leveling issue which may result in changing these semantics. I propose we
defer leveling for at least the IETF 44 meeting so we can make some
progress evaluating the full semantics. Next meeting can be devoted to
leveling if appropriate.