Re: RFC2518 ambiguity on creationdate/lastmodifieddate

>
> if for some reason a server doesn't have one of these timestamps for a
> resource, what should it report on PROPFIND for these properties?
>
> a) Property not found (HTTP 404),
>
> b) Empty property (this seem to be backed by the wording in section 7.4
[1],
> but is reported as error by Adobe GoLive,
>
> c) Property silently suppressed (not reported at all) -- this seems to
work
> with GoLive.
>
> In addition, how should the server behaviour upon a PROPFIND/propname on
> this resource?

This seems like an easy issue to resolve.  Let's address it now.

My preference is that if it's a property name that was explicitly
requested, then it should be listed as Not Found.

If the PROPFIND doesn't list it explicitly, then it should simply not be
listed.

Comments?

J.

Received on Monday, 15 October 2001 18:37:31 UTC