Re: Issue: WRITE_DAV_PROP

I agree about the "getlastmodified" property.  I would love to be able to
set this so that file synchronization software will work properly.  My
product maps a network drive to a DAV server and unless I can set the
"getlastmodified" property file synch software won't work right.  I only
know of one server that allows this now, it would be nice if this could be
standardized.

John Glavin
RiverFront Software
john@webdrive.com
http://www.webdrive.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Stein" <gstein@lyra.org>
To: "WebDAV WG" <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: Issue: WRITE_DAV_PROP


> Seems fine, but...
>
> I could see an argument for getlastmodified (e.g. "touch" the resource).
And
> maybe for creationdate for somebody that is restoring documents to a
server.
> Then you have the "COPY is performed using PROPPATCH" where you may need
to
> copy all the props.
>
> I'm also a bit leery of the getcontentlanguage and getcontenttype being a
> MUST. I'd prefer those be a MAY, and displayname and source remain as
MUST.
> The basic problem with the language/type is needing to look them up for
each
> GET from the server. That can seriously impact server performance.
>
> Cheers,
> -g
>
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 09:02:25AM -0700, Kevin Wiggen wrote:
> >
> > I agree also.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org
> > [mailto:w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Jim Whitehead
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 9:53 AM
> > To: WebDAV WG
> > Subject: RE: Issue: WRITE_DAV_PROP
> >
> >
> > I agree.
> >
> > - Jim
> >
> > > My vote:
> > > - protected (i.e. properties that MUST NOT be modifiable with
PROPPATCH)
> > >  creationdate
> > >  getcontentlength
> > >  getetag
> > >  getlastmodified
> > >  lockdiscovery
> > >  supportedlock
> > >  resourcetype
> > > - not protected (i.e. properties that MUST be modifiable by PROPPATCH)
> > >  displayname
> > >  getcontentlanguage
> > >  getcontenttype
> > >  source
> > >
> > > My rationale for DAV:resourcetype is that the resourcetype should be
used
> > > to define the inherent nature of a resource (e.g. collection vs.
> > > non-collection), while getcontenttype is definable by the client.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Geoff
> > >
>
> --
> Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/

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