- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:58:57 +0100
- To: Kevin Wiggen <kwiggen@xythos.com>
- CC: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
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
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