- From: John Stracke <francis@netscape.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:09:11 -0700
- To: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
Jeffrey E. Sussna wrote: > The RFC states that it should be possible to remove locks. > It says nothing about under what circumstances, or by > whom. With respect to locking and reservations, it is > critical that a mechanism be supported to release dangling > locks or reservations. Certainly this is necessary in a product; but I don't think it's necessary in the standard. Generally, servers come with administrative UIs or utilities; those UIs could provide this functionality however they desire. Come to that, some/many DAV servers will be built around existing document management systems; such servers could be implemented in such a way that you could just delete the lock in the DMS. (It wouldn't be automatic; it would require the DAV server to consult with the DMS to verify the lock was still valid every time it was used.) -- John Stracke Software Retrophrenologist Netscape Communications Corp. francis@netscape.com My opinions are my own.
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