- From: Alexandre Bertails <bertails@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:23:16 -0500
- To: Henry Story <henry.story@bblfish.net>
- CC: public-ldp-wg@w3.org
On 01/22/2013 10:13 AM, Henry Story wrote: > > On 22 Jan 2013, at 16:11, Alexandre Bertails <bertails@w3.org> wrote: > >> On 01/22/2013 10:03 AM, Henry Story wrote: >>> ISSUE-36: Can applications create new containers? >>> >>> We cannot make a collection by POSTing a doument on a collection, since that >>> creates a resource. We therefore would need a different HTTP Method to do this. >>> >>> I suggest MKCOL from WebDAV, since it is already defined. >>> >>> >>> http://restpatterns.org/HTTP_Methods/MKCOL >>> >>> >>> The content of the body, could be Triples that describe things >>> that can be put into the collection. As it happens that is not >>> defined yet it seems, so we can define it. >>> >>> Any thoughts on that? I'll try implementing that. >> >> What browsers don't support verbs like MKCOL and PATCH? >> >> This will require a fallback if you choose to go with such a strategy. > > All browsers to JavaScript now, right? Is it difficult to send a > PATCH or MKCOL in javascript? Yes, not all browsers support all the http verbs. But now that I think about it, this is an issue with DELETE and PUT as well... I don't have the references right now, though. And this may not be a problem in most recent web browsers. It's just something to be aware of. What I know is that many web apis use ?method=PUT in their URLs as a workaround. Alexandre. > >> >> Alexandre. >> >>> >>> Henry >>> >>> Social Web Architect >>> http://bblfish.net/ >>> >> > > Social Web Architect > http://bblfish.net/ >
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