- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:48:35 +0100
- To: werner.donne@re.be
- CC: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org
Werner Donné wrote: > Hi, > > In a versioning repository it may be required to validate the > request entity before updating a version. This can be as simple > as structural validation or application-specific validation > rules may be implemented. > > When validation errors are found it is not sufficient to just > return a status-code. In order for the user to learn where > the problems exactly are, the repository should be able to > return the request entity with annotations about the errors. > > A possible solution is to give the POST method similar additional > semantics as the PUT method. Its response entity could contain > the annotated document. Why not do it with the PUT response body? Best regards, Julian
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