- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:05:35 +0100
- To: Kevin Wiggen <kwiggen@xythos.com>
- CC: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
Kevin Wiggen wrote: > > Not sure you understood my question. I would like readers of the spec > to understand the difference between a URL and Display Name and > understand how that operates in the real world (MS Webfolders, Apple > OSX, Xythos). Webdav clients that make Webdav server look like file > systems should expect the URL to be used in displays to users and NOT > display name. As client developers we often get into conflict on this > point. We of course can add a column in windows explorer to SHOW the > display name, but the URL is the correct item to show users in this > generic Webdav client. Well, I wanted to make sure that what you're after is a clarification of how WebDAV has been working all the time, not something we changed in RFC2518bis. So yes, I agree that it would be useful to state that the DAV:displayname property is not a replacement for the URL, that even in presence of nice DAV:displayname there are still good reason to assign meaningful URLs, and that clients can not assume that displaynames will be unique for the members of a collection. Do you want to propose specific text? Best regards, Julian
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