- From: Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org>
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 18:28:36 -0800 (PST)
- To: "Yaron Goland (Exchange)" <yarong@Exchange.Microsoft.com>
- cc: WebDAV WG <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Yaron Goland (Exchange) wrote: > I was cleaning up my mail box when I found a letter I had written explaining > the differences between the W3C's rules for handling namespaces and > WebDAV's. In the end I believe that everyone adopted the W3C's rules but > this does introduce a very serious interoperability issue that implementers > need to be aware of. Anyone who actually is supporting section 23.4.2 > (which, in so far as I know, nobody does) is well advised to re-write their > code to maintain the separation between namespace and element name. Excellent writeup, Yaron. I'll get this added to your Book Of Why on webdav.org :-) FWIW, mod_dav does not obey 23.4.2 -- it treats the namespace and name as a tuple, rather than concatenating them. Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
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