Re: Comments on the "new" 2518--Display Name

Kevin Wiggen wrote:
> 
> Well I am not a spec writer nor an English major and I often say Pascal
> is my native language BUT:
> 
> Webdav servers and clients must understand that the method for
> identifying resources is still the URL.  While generic Webdav clients
> will be able to display DAV:displayname to end users, both sides of the
> Webdav protocol must understand that if users are allowed to do things
> like rename, move, copy etc, generic clients must show the URLs to these
> end users to allow these operations.  Changes to DAV:displayname do not
> issue moves or copies to the server, but simply change a piece of
> meta-data on the individual resource.
> 
> Language should be added to the spec that makes this clear, as we
> routinely hear from people whom have read the spec that expectations
> around displayname are not the same as what the spec designers are
> telling me on this list.

+1 on the language proposed by Kevin.

best regards, Julian

Received on Monday, 6 March 2006 14:00:06 UTC