RE: URI mappings created by bindings

This is a great improvement, I think.  More below.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoffrey M. Clemm [mailto:gclemm@tantalum.atria.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 3:38 PM
> To: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
> Subject: URI mappings created by bindings
> 
> 
> 
> One of the comments on the Adv. Collection protocol was that 
> sections 5.3 and 5.4 were confusing.  I suggest we replace those
> two sections with the following text:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 5.3 URI Mappings Created by a BIND
> 
> Suppose a BIND request causes a binding from "Binding-Name" to
> resource R to be added to a collection, C.  Then if C-MAP is the set
> of URL's that were mapped to C before the BIND request, then for all
> members, "C-URL" of C-MAP, the URL "C-URL/Binding-Name" is mapped to
> resource R following the BIND request.
>

<js>
If R is a collection, additional URI mappings are created to the descendents
of R.  For each new URI mapping to R, there is a new URI mapping to each of
its descendents.
</js>
 
> Note that if a binding is made to the collection itself (or to a
> parent of the collection), an infinite number of mappings is
> introduced.
> 

<js>
I get this now that I've looked at the examples, but it might be clearer if
stated a little more formally, as you did in the first paragraph.  "If R is
identical to C or to a parent of C, an infinite number of URI mappings is
introduced."
</js>

> 5.4 Example: URI Mappings Created by a BIND
> 
> For example, if a binding from "index.html" to R is added to the
> collection C, and if the following URL's are mapped to C:
>    http://www.fuzz.com/A/1
>    http://fuzz.com/A/one
> then the following new mappings to R are introduced:
>    http://www.fuzz.com/A/1/index.html
>    http://fuzz.com/A/one/index.html
> 
> If a binding from "myself" to C is then added to C,
> the following infinite number of additional mappings to C are 
> introduced:
>    http://www.fuzz.com/A/1/myself
>    http://www.fuzz.com/A/1/myself/myself
>    ...
> and the following infinite number of additional mappings to R 
> are introduced:
>    http://www.fuzz.com/A/1/myself/index.html
>    http://www.fuzz.com/A/1/myself/myself/index.html
>    ...
>    
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> 
>

Received on Tuesday, 21 September 1999 10:50:46 UTC