- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@kiwi.ics.uci.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 12:13:25 -0700
- To: Bruce Cragun <BCragun.ORM2-1.OREM2@gw.novell.com>
- cc: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
>Use DASL just to discover references to a resource? Depending on what you are >using the backpointers for, that could put quite a load on your system. And >I would think the performance would negate its value. The beauty of storing >backpointers is that they are FAST, DIRECT, and EASY TO MAINTAIN. Depending on their usage. I don't use backpointers for anything, and thus a DASL search is always more efficient. Likewise, a WebDAV client has no direct need for backpointers other than as a means for information discovery, which is also more efficiently performed and scoped by a search query than via a PROPFIND request. How that is implemented on the server side is none of our business. The uses that you gave for backpointers in your system are only relevant for behind-the-server-curtains types of operations. That's all fine and good, but you don't need a DAV property to do that, nor do you need any extra client-to-server interoperability. I don't particularly care whether a backpointer property is defined or not, just so long as people understand that it isn't necessary. ....Roy
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