- From: Chris Knight <Christopher.D.Knight@nasa.gov>
- Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 12:12:11 -0700
- To: Christian Niles <christian@unit12.net>
- Cc: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
Christian Niles wrote: > I'm curious to know if anyone has ever worked on a zip/tar-like file > format for packaging a WebDAV repository. Essentially, this would > allow someone to backup a WebDAV repository and move it to a different > server. In my case, I need to preserve dead properties since the CMS > I'm developing uses them in some cases to mark files for specific > processing. I'd also like to be able to package administration files > used by my web-based interface in a generic way for easy installation. > I don't need to support versioning at this stage, though at a later > stage import/export without loss of versioning histories would be nice. > > My first stab at such a format would be to simply use the zip format > with a standard layout for properties and resources. Support for > versioning, I imagine, would be harder for various reasons, and be > less portable between servers using just the WebDAV protocol. However, > a common format might allow greater interoperability if each > implementation supported import and export. > > Thanks for any comments or links to existing projects dealing with > this issue. I'm obviously curious to know how others have dealt with > moving their repositories around. Take a look at sitecopy? It might be a good starting point... http://www.lyra.org/sitecopy/
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