Re: target selector again & again

Geoffrey M. Clemm (geoffrey.clemm@rational.com)
Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:09:55 -0400 

Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:09:55 -0400
Message-Id: <9910232109.AA23934@tantalum>
From: "Geoffrey M. Clemm" <geoffrey.clemm@rational.com>
To: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org
In-Reply-To: <1999Oct06.101700.1250.1343393@otismtp.ott.oti.com>
Subject: Re: target selector again & again


   From: Tim_Ellison@oti.com (Tim Ellison OTT)

   Some DAV methods require a source and target URI (COPY, MOVE, BIND, REPORT, 
   etc).

   In such methods I propose that the Target-Selector applies to the resolution 
   of both source and target URIs equally.

I agree if the Target-Selector specifies a workspace.  In this case,
the target selector applies not only to the source and target, but also
to all initial segments of any versioned collections on the path to
the source or target.

But if the Target-Selector is a revision-id, it should apply only to the
source resource, and the default workspace should be used for target
selection for everything else.  This is because it is unlikely that
the same revision-id can usefully be used to perform revision selection
for more than one resource.

Cheers,
Geoff