[rfc-dist] RFC 4709 on Mounting Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Servers

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        RFC 4709

        Title:      Mounting Web Distributed Authoring and 
                    Versioning (WebDAV) Servers 
        Author:     J. Reschke
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       October 2006
        Mailbox:    julian.reschke at greenbytes.de
        Pages:      15
        Characters: 23672
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-reschke-webdav-mount-05.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4709.txt

In current Web browsers, there is no uniform way to specify that a
user clicking on a link will be presented with an editable view of a
Web Distinguished Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) server.  For
example, it is frequently desirable to be able to click on a link and
have this link open a window that can handle drag-and-drop
interaction with the resources of a WebDAV server.

This document specifies a mechanism and a document format that
enables WebDAV servers to send "mounting" information to a WebDAV
client.  The mechanism is designed to work on any platform and with
any combination of browser and WebDAV client, relying solely on the
well-understood dispatch of documents through their MIME type.  This memo 
provides information for the Internet community.


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