GETting a versioned resource
Jeff McAffer OTT (Jeff_McAffer@oti.com)
Fri, 30 Jul 1999 16:16:37 -0400
From: Jeff_McAffer@oti.com (Jeff McAffer OTT)
To: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org (ietf-dav-versioning)
Message-ID: <1999Jul30.161300.1250.1272646@otismtp.ott.oti.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 16:16:37 -0400
Subject: GETting a versioned resource
All,
I would like to propose that the response to a GET request include the
"versioned resource id" and "revision id" in its header. This allows
clients to GET something and know for sure what they got. The
alternative is a complex sequence of Lock, Get, PropFind, Unlock
requests. These header fields would be blank as appropriate if the
fetched resource is a) not versioned or b) a working resource (the
versioned resource id could still be set in this case).
There may be other methods for which this information or this style is
applicable. For example, HEAD.
Thoughts?
Jeff