RE: [ACL] principal-collection-set

> From: ietf-dav-versioning-request@w3.org
> [mailto:ietf-dav-versioning-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Clemm, Geoff
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 6:54 PM
> To: DeltaV (E-mail); ACL@webdav.org
> Subject: RE: [ACL] principal-collection-set
> ...
> These counter-arguments are not so much that I care, but rather to
> reinforce that this decision is pretty much of a wash in either
> direction.
>
> 1) Keep DeltaV with OPTIONS, and make ACL use OPTIONS for consistency
> 2) Change DeltaV to use properties, and have ACL use properties
> 3) Have DeltaV and ACL use different ways to obtain xxx-collection-set
>
> The main situation I *really* want to avoid is:
> 4) Change DeltaV to use properties, and have ACL end up using OPTIONS
>    or some other non-property mechanism inconsistent with DeltaV.
>
> So for those folks that care about this (probably not many :-),
> which choice do you prefer?

Obviously, it MUST be consistent across deltaV, ACL and future WebDAV
versions.

I honestly think that 2) is the best solution. For instance, it allows a
client to collect all it needs to know about a resource with one request.

Received on Wednesday, 10 October 2001 13:02:00 UTC