The next revision of RFC 2518 will change the defined behaviour
of lock-null resources in the following manner:

http://www.webdav.org/wg/rfcdev/issues.htm item 80

LOCK on a non-existing URL (where the collection parent exists)
will create a locked, empty plain resource. The resource cannot
be changed into a collection. When the lock expires, the resource
will stay.

//Stefan

Hint: the MS WebFolder shows everything as a collection where
the DAV:resourcetype property is non-empty.

Am Mittwoch den, 4. September 2002, um 01:54, schrieb Michael 
Leditschke:

> Thanks for the reference.
>
> It raises a couple of extra questions.
>
> 1. The text suggests the resource is NOT a collection.
> However this is how it appears in IE Web Folders.
>
> 2. Once unlocked, the text says the resource returns
> to the NULL state. What does this mean in practice?
> Should it still appear as a node in SLIDE? Again,
> IE continues to show the resource as a directory, but
> won't allow it to have members, presumably because it
> doesn't think its a collection.
>
>
> Regards
> Michael
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: A Felix [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, 3 September 2002 11:26 PM
>> To: Slide Users Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: LOCKing a non-existent resouce
>>
>>
>> yes, locking a non-existing resource is allowed (see
>> sec7.4, rfc2518). I think there must be no resource
>> type associated with such a resource, as it's null
>> resource. Only after a PUT or MKCOL request a proper
>> type can be assigned to such a resource. However,
>> assigning a type for such a resource may be server
>> dependent, I guess.
>>
>>  hope it helps!
>>  -af
>>
>>
>> --- Michael Leditschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Slide allows the locking of a previously
>>> non-existent resource. A couple of
>>> questions.
>>>
>>> 1. Should this be allowed? I couldn't
>>> find reference to such a condition in RFC2518.
>>>
>>> 2. If it is allowed, should this appear in IE
>>> Web Folders and if so how? At he moment,
>>> it looks like a directory but
>>> any attempt to copy files into the "directory"
>>> fails with a 409 status code.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Michael
>>>
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