HTTP Extensions for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning
RFC 4918, “HTTP Extensions for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning”, is a Proposed Standard document published in June 2007 by L. Dusseault. It obsoletes RFC 2518. It has since been updated by RFC 5689. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) consists of 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, URL namespace manipulation, and resource locking (collision avoidance).
RFC 2518 was published in February 1999, and this specification obsoletes RFC 2518 with minor revisions mostly due to interoperability experience. [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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- RFC 4917 Mobile IPv4 Message String Extension
- RFC 4919 IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks : Overview, Assumptions, Problem Statement, and Goals
- RFC 4916 Connected Identity in the Session Initiation Protocol
- RFC 4920 Crankback Signaling Extensions for MPLS and GMPLS RSVP-TE
- RFC 4915 Multi-Topology Routing in OSPF
- RFC 4914 Abstract Syntax Notation X Representation of Encoding Instructions for the XML Encoding Rules
- RFC 4913 Abstract Syntax Notation X Representation of Encoding Instructions for the Generic String Encoding Rules
- RFC 4923 Quality of Service Signaling in a Nested Virtual Private Network