- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: 17 Feb 2002 21:56:55 -0600
- To: www-tag@w3.org
Was somebody around here saying that all "gimme some info" requests must use GET, else another information space is created? I just had that experience the other day... I was trying to move some files across platforms; the client didn't grok NFS nor scp; a SMB server was more installation hassle than I was interested in; for one reason or another, I ended up installing a little WEBDAV server implemented in python. It worked great for copying a CD-ROM across platforms. Umm... then I instinctively pointed an ordinary web browser at the server: http://themachine:8000/ expecting to see the root of the CD-ROM filesystem. No joy. The python WEBDAV server didn't bother to service GET requests on directories; well... it gave an empty plaintext file or something; if you want to list the files, you use PROPFIND. The feeling of parallel universes was very tangible. I don't have any suggestions for changing stuff; I just wanted to relate the story in case we end up with a section in the architecture document about the importance of a unified information space. Hmm... maybe this is relevant to http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/ilist#whenToUseGet-7 -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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