- From: Kevin Wiggen <wiggs@wiggenout.com>
- Date: 2000年2月17日 12:42:33 -0800
- To: Jim Whitehead <ejw@ics.uci.edu>, WebDAV WG <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
- Message-id: <NDBBKKABAANNAJHAOGMECEFHCCAA.wiggs@wiggenout.com>
I could probably make up just as compelling reasons why the ETag and Last-Modified-Date SHOULD change during a update of a dead property etc. But I agree that it seems that no other server can (or is) supporting this. I can pull this functionality out of Xythos. I just read Greg's email, and I don't like putting the MAY in the spec. A client will never know what the server is doing. I think we just need to pick a position and put it in 2518. I am fine with changing properties does not modify the ETag or Last-Modified-Date. But I think we should be consistent. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Jim Whitehead Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 12:03 PM To: WebDAV WG Subject: FW: [Moderator Action] RE: ETags Accidentally caught by the spam filter. - Jim -----Original Message----- From: Clemm, Geoff [mailto:gclemm@rational.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 7:56 PM To: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org Subject: [Moderator Action] RE: ETags A good reason to not change the etag or mod-date when a property changes is that a property is often information about the resource, as opposed to "being" the resource. If I mark a resource as being "tested", I don't want it to appear that the resource has changed (thus making it look like I need to test it again). A less compelling reason (but still a consideration) is to achieve consistency between dead and live properties. You certainly don't want a change to the "last access time" of a resource to modify the etag or "modification time" of that resource. Add to this the fact that current implementations appear to not modify the etag or modification time when a dead property is modified, and I think we have a pretty case that neither the etag value nor the modification time should be changed when a dead property is updated. Cheers, Geoff > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Wiggen [mailto:wiggs@xythos.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 4:12 AM > To: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org > Subject: ETags > > > > I searched the spec and could not find any special details on handling > ETags. > > Should an ETag value be updated when a dead property is > changed? On the > same note, do most servers update the last-modified-date when a dead > property is changed? Does Webdav want to take a stand one > way or another? > > > Curious, > Kevin >
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