Re: propfind on a stable URL

From: Juergen Reuter (reuterj@ira.uka.de)
Date: Sat, May 20 2000

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    To: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org
    cc: reuterj@ira.uka.de, jjh@ira.uka.de
    Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 16:04:42 +0200
    From: Juergen Reuter <reuterj@ira.uka.de>
    Message-ID: <"iraun1.ira.0013601:000520.140456"@ira.uka.de>
    Subject: Re: propfind on a stable URL 
    
    > > When PROPFIND is applied to a stable URL for a revision, the DAV:urn
    > > for the revision will be returned.
    >
    > This probably should read: "When PROPFIND is applied to a binding that
    > binds a stable URL for a revision, the DAV:urn for the revision will
    > be returned."
    >
    > <tim>
    > to my knowledge this level of in direction is not supported i.e. binding 
    > to a stable URL. 
    > The effect of a bind when the destination is a stable URL is to create a " 
    > dynamic " URL for an existing revision. 
    > </tim>
    
    <geoffrey>
    > I tend to use the shorthand "the method XXX is applied to a yyy" to mean
    > "the method XXX is applied to a URL that identifies a resource of type yyy".
    > ...
    > As above, a PROPFIND is not applied to a binding, but rather it is
    > applied to a URL, which causes the PROPFIND to be applied to the
    > resource identified by that URL.
    </geoffrey>
    
    The key issuse here really was the shorthand expression; now I
    (hopefully) got it.  Anyway, the DAV:urn property seems to have been
    dropped from the latest version of [Bindings]
    (see
    http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/webdav/collection/draft-ietf-webdav-bind
    ing-protocol-02.txt).