- From: Scott Lawrence <scott@skrb.org>
- Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:56:48 -0400
- To: Lisa Dusseault <lisa@osafoundation.org>
- Cc: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>, "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>, ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 12:42, Lisa Dusseault wrote: > As you point out, not all deltas apply to all formats. That makes it > harder for the server to create an empty representation to patch. How > would it work for, say, GDIFF? What kind of file would the server > create? Would it be a text/plain file or some other MIME type? Ultimately, servers are going to have to choose a patch application method based on the content-type of the PATCH content. That method will know what it can patch, and will have to indicate an error should it be applied inappropriately - empty or non-existent resources are edge cases that don't need to be discussed at all in the description of PATCH. -- Scott Lawrence
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