WebDAV

Preface. 1. Introduction. What Is Authoring? Third-Generation Web Authoring. WebDAV History. Requirements and Scenarios. Extended Example, Concepts, and Terminology. What WebDAV Is and Is Not. Roles for WebDAV. Summary. 2. History of Web and Collaborative Authoring. A Brief History of Web Authoring. Network-Enabled Web Authoring Tools. The Standards Revolution in Web Authoring. HTTP, Pre-WebDAV. The File Transfer Protocol. WebDAV for Sharing Documents. Summary. 3. HTTP Mechanics. URLs. Message Structure. HTTP Methods. HTTP ETags. Beyond the Request/Response Model. HTTP Security. HTTP Headers. Summary. 4. Data Model. Basic Components. URLs and WebDAV Resources. Using the Hierarchy. Metadata. Locks. Summary. 5. WebDAV Modifications to HTTP. WebDAV URLs and Feature Discovery. New Response Status Codes. GET. PUT. DELETE. Summary. 6. WebDAV Hierarchy Operations. Why WebDAV Defines New Methods. MKCOL: Create Collection. MOVE. COPY. Summary. 7. Property Operations. Property Representation. PROPFIND. PROPPATCH. How Properties Are Stored. Required Properties. Summary. 8. Lock Operations. Lock Tokens. LOCK Method. UNLOCK Method. Using Locked Resources. Lock-Related Properties. Client Responsibilities. Lock Interactions. Problems with Lock-Null Resources. Summary. 9. Putting the Pieces Together. Scenario Walk-Through. Open Web Folder. Create a Folder. Create a New File. Editing a File. Close the File. Copy to Publishing Directory. Publish Document. Summary. 10. WebDAV Products and Tools. Client Software. Server Software. Services. Compliance Tests. Summary. 11. Versioning. Introduction to Versioning. Core Versioning. Editing Version-Controlled Resources. Labels. Using Existing WebDAV Methods with Versioning. Using Non-DeltaV Clients. Version Trees. Multiple Checkouts with Working Resources. Checkout Determinism. DeltaV Special Mechanisms. Summary. 12. Multifile Versioning. Workspaces. Change Sets. Branches. MERGE. History of Multiple Resources. Other Feature Interactions.