- From: Geoffrey M. Clemm <geoffrey.clemm@rational.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:01:03 -0500 (EST)
- To: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org
From: Tim_Ellison@uk.ibm.com
Do we need DAV:supported-live-properties? Servers are
required to protect the names of all live properties
(whether they support them or not), so PROPPATCH will fail
if the property is unsupported. Servers should not define a
live property that it does not support, and PROPFIND would
return 404 Not Found.
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?
Section 2.8 Additional PROPPATCH Semantics
(DAV:cannot-modify-unsupported-property)
DAV:supported-live-properties isn't for the live properties
defined in the protocol (they can be discovered via the
DAV: header from the OPTIONS request). It is for server
defined live properties, that a user might be able to make
sense of, even if the client wasn't designed with them in mind.
It is expected that versioning servers will all have at least
a few server specific live properties.
Cheers,
Geoff
Received on Friday, 22 December 2000 17:01:50 UTC