RFC 3253 (rfc3253) - Page 1 of 118
Versioning Extensions to WebDAV (Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning)
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Network Working Group G. Clemm
Request for Comments: 3253 Rational Software
Category: Standards Track J. Amsden
T. Ellison
IBM
C. Kaler
Microsoft
J. Whitehead
U.C. Santa Cruz
March 2002
Versioning Extensions to WebDAV
(Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning)
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document specifies a set of methods, headers, and resource types
that define the WebDAV (Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning)
versioning extensions to the HTTP/1.1 protocol. WebDAV versioning
will minimize the complexity of clients that are capable of
interoperating with a variety of versioning repository managers, to
facilitate widespread deployment of applications capable of utilizing
the WebDAV Versioning services. WebDAV versioning includes automatic
versioning for versioning-unaware clients, version history
management, workspace management, baseline management, activity
management, and URL namespace versioning.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction.................................................... 6
1.1 Relationship to WebDAV........................................ 7
1.2 Notational Conventions........................................ 8
1.3 Terms......................................................... 8
1.4 Property Values............................................... 11
1.4.1 Initial Property Value..................................... 11
Clemm, et al. Standards Track