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From: "Tim Ellison/OTT/OTI" <Tim_Ellison@oti.com>
Message-ID: <OF3C15CE56.13668922-ON852568E3.0054388F@ott.oti.com>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 11:38:14 -0400
Subject: Defn of versionable
Section 6.1
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> Preconditions:
> The request-URL MUST identify a versionable resource.
This is a circular dependency, because in section 1.2 "versionable
resource" is defined as "resource that can be placed under version
control with a VERSION request".
To break this circularity, I would like to propose the following
wording for the definition of "versionable resource" in section 1.2:
"any resource that evolves over time, that can be tracked in a
history, and that has not yet been put under version control (or, in
other words, has no versioned resource associated)".
<tim>
this definition is insufficient. For example we have resources such as
activities that are not versionable resources but would satisfy this new
definition.
In practice, I have no problem with this circular definition. However if
we could find an alternative description that was not self referencing
that would be preferable.
</tim>