Re: Email access to DAV functionality

Hello,

I have been lurking on the list for several weeks now and found this
issue forces me out into the light. 

I find that option 3 is preferable to the other options.  While email 
is not my priority, a model for disconnected operation is.  As the 
architect for the corporate web group, I am finding that portable 
computers, even though they represent only about 20% of our desktops,
are a defining design criterion in nearly all of my efforts. 

While resolving the apparent charter conflict between email being in-scope
while disconnected is out of scope, you can model disconnected operation 
and how email transport can be used to change status/state without a full 
connection. 

With the extended model, I have hopes of inter-operable solutions that
can be used. Without it, I might as well extend the gateways used for
the disconnected/part-time connected population to achieve 
inter-operation, or wait for the next DAV working group.

Best Regards,
Dave Hollander

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Dave Hollander                    Hewlett-Packard
Intranet Architect                3404 E. Harmony Road, MS. 6U68
WebCOE                            Fort Collins, Colorado  80525
dmh@corp.hp.com                   970-229-3192 
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> 3) Have email and disconnected operation be in-scope for limited contexts:
> 
> Quoting Larry Masinter (from the same mail message), this might take the
> form of:
> 
> >define a kind of "limited disconnected operation",
> >i.e., where the editor of resource-content is disconnected
> >from the resource location while editing is taking place,
> >but must be connected in order to actually update or
> >interact with the resource.

Received on Wednesday, 26 February 1997 17:17:32 UTC