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PaceChangeProtocolCharter


Abstract

Require upwards-compatibility with WebDAV.

Status

Withdrawn

Author: RobertSayre

Rationale

The Publishing Protocol overlaps with WebDAV in several areas. By ensuring that the protocol is compatible with WebDAV, we can reduce the surface area of the spec, decrease the need to reinvent WebDAV functionality in the future, and perhaps even punt on complex problems (e.g. renaming images, ACLs) in favor of WebDAV.

Proposal

Adjust the charter as follows:

The editing protocol must enable:

Impacts

Despite appearances, it would not change current implementations a whole lot.

Notes

One thing this *does not* rule out is the current approach using feed listings and prev/next. WebDAV does not define responses to GET on a collection, so that approach would be acceptable.