Next message: Geoffrey M. Clemm: "Re: DAV:revision-resourcetype"
From: jamsden@us.ibm.com
To: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org
Message-ID: <85256873.005932BF.00@d54mta03.raleigh.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 09:55:57 -0500
Subject: Re: DAV:revision-resourcetype
<geoff>
The main use of DAV:revision-resourcetype is to tell the server how to
store the revisions of that versioned resource. For a simple
resourcetype (like text/xml), there might be several "storage types"
(e.g. compressed, text-delta, binary-delta).
</geoff>
<jra>
Why does the protocol ever have to deal with this? Can't the server store
the bits any way it wants? The protocol should only be concerned with how
the bits are communicated over the wire. The Accept* headers support this
requirement. Servers have to be prepared to translate text into character
sets requested by clients. To do this, they may choose to store the text in
a canonical form efficient for their use and translate on request.
</jra>