getlastmodified & properties

RFC 2518, 13.7 reads (in part):
  "Note that the last-modified date on a resource may reflect changes in
any part of the state of the resource, not necessarily just a change to
the response to the GET method."

I'd like to assume that the last-modified date _will_ reflect changes to
any part of the state (such as a property change).  I know that this is
the case for IIS5, but I'm wondering if other servers are changing the
last-modified date when properties are updated, even though it's not
officially required.

Does anyone know whether this is an unwritten standard, or just a
coincidence for IIS5?

Douglas R. Steen
dsteen@connectionpoints.com

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Received on Friday, 30 July 1999 13:13:36 UTC