RFC 2518 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 1999

HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring -- WEBDAV

Overview

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]

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

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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Relationships to other RFCs
Obsoleted by
RFC 4918
Other RFCs from 1999

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