- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:02:53 +0100
- To: Jan Algermissen <algermissen1971@mac.com>
- CC: Geoffrey M Clemm <geoffrey.clemm@us.ibm.com>, Atom-syntax Syntax' <atom-syntax@imc.org>, WebDAV <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>, w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org
Jan Algermissen wrote: > > On Nov 28, 2009, at 6:19 AM, Geoffrey M Clemm wrote: > >> >> Note that versioning servers without working copies often still >> require a checkout/checkin protocol. >> The "checkout" method is used as a notification to other users that >> this client is working on that resource. >> The "checkin" method is used to tell the server "I want you to create >> a new version with the current content" (while a PUT just updates the >> current content without creating a new version). > > In this case, checkout/checkin is also orthogonal to the notion of > versioning and would not need to be mentioned in the spec. IOW, the only > reason mentioning checkin/checkout in the spec is because the definition > of working copy depends on it. > ... Does it? "A "working copy" is a resource at a server-defined URL that can be modified to create a new version of a versioned resource." Best regards, Julian
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