Re: Fw: Possible problem in collection definition

Elias Sinderson wrote:
>> 4) Optimally, there would be a portable way for a client to discover 
>> the canonical form (**).
> 
> This may be too obvious, but how about simply recommending a PROPFIND on 
> the parent collection? This seems as good as any other approach to 
> discover the canonical form that a server uses for identifying a resource.

Discovering the canonical form may be way more complex than just doing a 
caseless comparison. How do you expect a client to actually know what 
segment it is looking for in more complex cases?

Best regards, Julian

Received on Monday, 20 February 2006 22:10:51 UTC