- From: Werner Donné <werner.donne@re.be>
- Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:00:18 +0100
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: Geoffrey M Clemm <geoffrey.clemm@us.ibm.com>, ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org
Julian, What would clients do with the format? Present the result? Servers could generate HTML. Regards, Werner. Julian Reschke wrote: > > Werner Donné wrote: >> Geoffrey M Clemm wrote: >>> I wasn't questioning the desirability (from a client's perspective) of >>> having a DIFF method, but was just pointing out that the challenge is >>> to come up with a standard result format that more than one server will >>> be willing/able to produce. >> >> I don't see why there should be a standard result format. There are by >> definition many, because there are many content types. For some a diff >> may even not be possible. There can also be several result formats >> for the same content type. That is a matter of representation. >> >>> Cheers, >>> Geoff >> >> Regards, >> >> Werner. > > Werner, > > a standard DIFF method is of little use unless there is at least one > general purpose diff format that clients can rely on being present. > > Note that last time people tried to define an HTTP PATCH method (I think > Nov 2004 on the HTTP mailing list), we came across the very same issue. > > Best regards, Julian > > -- Werner Donné -- Re Engelbeekstraat 8 B-3300 Tienen tel: (+32) 486 425803 e-mail: werner.donne@re.be
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