Protected properties

From: Tim Ellison OTT (Tim_Ellison@oti.com)
Date: Fri, Feb 25 2000

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    From: Tim_Ellison@oti.com (Tim Ellison OTT)
    To: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org ('Delta V')
    Message-ID: <2000Feb25.171402.1250.1489360@otismtp.ott.oti.com>
    Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 17:16:11 -0500
    Subject: Protected properties
    
    
    My interpretation of a protected property is that it is owned by, and 
    defined by the server.  If a conflict occurs, the server wins.
    
    For example, a revision has a protected property called DAV:checkin-date, 
    but a working resource doesn't.  If a client chooses to set a property 
    called DAV:checkin-date on a working resource they are free to do so (since 
    it is not protected), however, when the working resource is checked in, the 
    server adopts that property as its own, and overwrites the user's value 
    (thus loosing their data).
    
    Seems fair to me.
    Tim