HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring -- WEBDAV
RFC 2518, “HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring -- WEBDAV”, is a Proposed Standard document published in February 1999 by Y. Goland, E. Whitehead, A. Faizi, S. Carter, D. Jensen. It has been obsoleted by RFC 4918 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document specifies a set of methods, headers, and content-types ancillary to HTTP/1.1 for the management of resource properties, creation and management of resource collections, namespace manipulation, and resource locking (collision avoidance). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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