- From: Lisa Dusseault <lisa@osafoundation.org>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:26:46 -0800
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Cc: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>, WebDAV WG <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
Ok, then "The value of the 'getetag' property (and thus the value of the ETag for a resource at that point in time) MAY change when a new binding is added to a resource. Also, the value of the 'getetag' property MAY be different for a single resource depending on which binding path is submitted to the PROPFIND request. Lisa On Jan 27, 2005, at 5:14 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > On Jan 27, 2005, at 3:58 PM, Lisa Dusseault wrote: >> Also, I propose additional language for ETags: >> >> "The value of the 'getetag' property (and thus the value of the ETag >> for a resource at that point in time) MAY change when a new binding >> is added to a resource. However, the value MUST be the same for that >> resource independent of the path submitted to PROPFIND." > > Absolutely not. It effectively forbids the use of etags that > contain such info as the URI used to access the entity. ETags > are specific to representations, not an identifier for resources. > > ....Roy >
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