Jan Algermissen wrote:
On Nov 28, 2009, at 6:19 AM, Geoffrey M Clemm wrote:
Note that versioning servers without working copies often still
require a checkout/checkin protocol.
The "checkout" method is used as a notification to other users that
this client is working on that resource.
The "checkin" method is used to tell the server "I want you to create
a new version with the current content" (while a PUT just updates the
current content without creating a new version).
In this case, checkout/checkin is also orthogonal to the notion of
versioning and would not need to be mentioned in the spec. IOW, the only
reason mentioning checkin/checkout in the spec is because the definition
of working copy depends on it.
...
Does it?
"A "working copy" is a resource at a server-defined URL that can be
modified to create a new version of a versioned resource."
Best regards, Julian
