RE: BIND issue 3.2_example, was: Comments on bind-08

After refreshing my memory on relative URL calculation, I now agree the
example is right. Is there anyplace in the DAV specifications where we state
what URL should be used as the base URL for relative URL calculation? I
don't think this is in 2518 anyplace. Did this make it into 2518bis?

- Jim


> > Seems to me the href should hold a fully qualified URL, since other 
> > hrefs in the specification do this as well.
> 
> It may hold whatever RFC2518 defines for DAV:href (we 
> probably should let the DTD fragment refer to RFC2518, 
> section 12.3, right?). RFC2518 relies on RFC2068, section 
> 3.2.1, which allows both absoluteURI and relativeURI.
> 
> > PS -- While we're on the subject, I'll hold this up as an 
> example of 
> > the kind of interpretation difference reasonable 
> implementers can make 
> > of language that seems perfectly clear (and this is *much* 
> more simple 
> > than the syntax for If headers).
> 
> I don't see the issue here. Lots of WebDAV servers return 
> relativeURIs in DAV:href elements, and as far as I can tell, 
> this is no problem at all. Please explain :-)

Received on Wednesday, 1 December 2004 20:11:19 UTC