- From: Slein, Judith A <JSlein@crt.xerox.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:46:39 -0400
- To: "'WebDAV'" <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
The Advanced Collections conference call of October 6 resolved two of the four issues we considered: Terminology: We will continue to use the term "Direct Reference" for a reference that gets resolved by the server, so that clients have the illusion that they are interacting directly with the target resource. We will use the term "Redirect Reference" for a reference that the client is aware of and must explicitly follow to its target. Which methods get passed through for direct references: We agreed, as was proposed in Chicago, that all methods get passed through except DELETE, MOVE, and COPY. We were unable to reach agreement about whether optional backpointers should be supported. Jim Amsden has sent out a nice summary of his objections to supporting optional backpointers, as a starting point for further discussion on the mailing list. We were unable to reach agreement on whether clients should have a choice about whether deleting the target of a direct reference deletes all references to it. A note will follow summarizing the discussion of this issue. Please note that both the remaining issues affect the requirements, which we hope to revise once more for last call in the next few weeks. To keep to this schedule, I would like to request that we try to resolve these issues by Friday, October 16. Thanks. --Judy Judith A. Slein Xerox Corporation jslein@crt.xerox.com (716)422-5169 800 Phillips Road 105/50C Webster, NY 14580
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