- From: Werner Donné <werner.donne@re.be>
- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:07:12 +0100
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org
Julian Reschke wrote: > 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? Because I don't think the PUT method is supposed to have a response body. RFC 2616 says nothing about a response body in section 9.6, while for methods that can have one it explains the conditions for it. > > Best regards, Julian Regards, Werner. -- Werner Donné -- Re Engelbeekstraat 8 B-3300 Tienen tel: (+32) 486 425803 e-mail: werner.donne@re.be
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