Re: [Bug 3] Bindings draft should specify if all properties MUST have same value on all bindings

Jim Whitehead wrote:
> ...
 >
> There's nothing in 2518 that implies a live property's computation depends
> only on the state of the resource. It would be prefectly valid to have a
> live property that returned a random number.

<http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2518.html#rfc.section.4.1>:

"Properties are pieces of data that describe the state of a resource. 
Properties are data about data."

Also note that aforementioned live property wouldn't *vary* by binding; 
it would just be random. What I'm looking for is a use-case where 
properties varying by *binding* really make sense. So far, I'm not aware 
of any case where this wouldn't be better modelled as a property on the 
collection holding the binding.

> I'm not too worried about encouraging binding-specific properties, as I
> believe implementors would be able to see the potential usability drawbacks
> of such properties.

I tend to disagree here (judging from previous reactions) :-)

Julian

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Received on Friday, 10 December 2004 18:29:43 UTC