- From: Daniel Brotsky <dbrotsky@adobe.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 16:29:15 -0800
- To: "Clemm, Geoff" <gclemm@rational.com>
- Cc: Webdav WG <w3c-dist-auth@w3c.org>
At 8:11 AM -0500 11/21/01, Clemm, Geoff wrote: >I believe that when we revise 2518, that that the >new DAV:allprop behavior should be defined to be >"all live properties defined in RFC 2518 plus all >dead properties". This works fine for me if we allow for server "discretion" by saying "at least all live properties defined in RFC 2518 plus all dead properties." Servers that *want* to show live properties should not be prohibited from doing so. My motivation for this (other than common sense :^) is that I believe many generic clients use ALLPROP as a way of saying "show me everything I'm likely to care about." Some servers will have a number of general-interest properties that are live and useful in such a list; for example, workflow servers often have live properties indicating status, assignee, and those kinds of things. It would be awkward if 2518++ prohibited them from showing these in response to an ALLPROP. dan > Since 2518 states that it is *all* >properties (both live and dead), making this direction >clear now will allow clients to rely on dead+2518 >properties. > >Cheers, >Geoff > >-----Original Message----- >From: Lisa Dusseault [mailto:lisa@xythos.com] >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 1:40 AM >To: Stefan Eissing; Jim Whitehead; Webdav WG >Subject: RE: [ACL] Principal Identity > > > > >> The nice thing about allprop is that you get all the dead properties. >> The bad thing about allprop is that you cannot see if a resource is >> versioned/version or which methods it does support. > >How do you know you can get all the dead properties? 'allprop' as defined >in RFC2518 seems to have to change, yet we've not clearly defined a new >behaviour. In the meantime, I don't believe clients can rely on getting >anything back in 'allprop' except the live properties defined in RFC2518. > >Lisa -- Daniel Brotsky, Adobe Systems tel 408-536-4150, pager 877-704-4062 2-way pager email: <mailto:page-dbrotsky@adobe.com>
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