DAV:resource-id and overwriting COPY with different resource types

The DeltaV RFC clarifies that the preexisting destination resource of
an overwriting COPY "MUST NOT be deleted, but MUST be updated to have
the content and dead properties of [the source]" (Sec 1.7).

Likewise, the latest BIND draft specifies that a "COPY that updates an
existing resource must not change the value of its DAV:resource-id
property" (Sec 2.7).

The DeltaV RFC stipulates, however, that one is only required to avoid
deleting the desitination resource if it "has the same resource type
as the corresponding resource at the request-URL" (Sec 1.7).  It does
not appear that the BIND draft makes any similar statement.

My question is, if I want to overwrite one type of resource (say a
collection) with another (say a regular resource representing a file),
does the resource-id of the destination have to stay the same?

thanks,
Tim

Received on Tuesday, 29 August 2006 21:10:44 UTC