Next message: Edgar@EdgarSchwarz.de: "Re: Workspaces as versionable resources"
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).