- From: Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 01:25:21 -0800
- To: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org
On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 09:11:01AM +0000, Tim_Ellison@uk.ibm.com wrote: >... > <tim_2> > I recall that we used to say that servers must protect all defined > live properties (i.e., names) in the spec, even those properties that > were unsupported. I didn't see that statement in a quick scan of the > latest spec, so has it been dropped? > If yes, then I presume it is now encumbant upon clients to (a) check > that a live property is supported before setting it (and expecting it > to have any effect on the server), and (b) check that a live property > is supported before getting it to check that some other client didn't > violate (a). > It would seem to be less of a burden for the server to protect the > property name (and effectively enforce (a)) than expect the client to > do two queries (OPTIONS and PROPPATCH/FIND) for each live property > operation. > </tim_2> I agree -- the server should "protect" unsupported live props. Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
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