Extended MKCOL for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
RFC 5689
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Network Working Group C. Daboo
Request for Comments: 5689 Apple Inc.
Updates: 4791, 4918 September 2009
Category: Standards Track
Extended MKCOL for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
Abstract
This specification extends the Web Distributed Authoring and
Versioning (WebDAV) MKCOL (Make Collection) method to allow
collections of arbitrary resourcetype to be created and to allow
properties to be set at the same time.
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.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. WebDAV Extended MKCOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1. Extended MKCOL Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.1. Example: Using OPTIONS for the Discovery of
Support for Extended MKCOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2. Status Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.3. Additional Precondition for Extended MKCOL . . . . . . . . 5
3.4. Example: Successful Extended MKCOL Request . . . . . . . . 6
3.5. Example: Unsuccessful Extended MKCOL Request . . . . . . . 6
4. Using Extended MKCOL as an Alternative for MKxxx Methods . . . 8
4.1. MKCALENDAR Alternative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1.1. Example: Using MKCOL Instead of MKCALENDAR . . . . . . 8
5. XML Element Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.1. mkcol XML Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.2. mkcol-response XML Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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1. Introduction
WebDAV [RFC4918] defines the HTTP [RFC2616] method MKCOL. This
method is used to create WebDAV collections on the server. However,
several WebDAV-based specifications (e.g., CalDAV [RFC4791]) define
"special" collections -- ones that are identified by additional
values in the DAV:resourcetype property assigned to the collection
resource or by other means. These "special" collections are created
by new methods (e.g., MKCALENDAR). The addition of a new MKxxx
method for each new "special" collection adds to server complexity
and is detrimental to overall reliability due to the need to make
sure intermediaries are aware of these methods.
This specification defines an extension to the WebDAV MKCOL method
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