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).