WebDAV
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... The concept of using HTTP [RFC2616] and WebDAV [RFC2518] as a basis
for a calendar access protocol ...
... iCalendar [RFC2445] objects, and using
WebDAV to get listings of resources. However, those implementations
do not interoperate because there are many small and big decisions to
be made in how to model calendaring data as WebDAV ...
... WebDAV to get listings of resources. However, those implementations
do not interoperate because there are many small and big decisions to
be made in how to model calendaring data as WebDAV resources, as well
as how to implement required features that aren't already part of
WebDAV ...
... WebDAV resources, as well
as how to implement required features that aren't already part of
WebDAV. This document proposes a way to model calendar data in
WebDAV ...
... WebDAV. This document proposes a way to model calendar data in
WebDAV, with additional features to make an interoperable calendar
access protocol.
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... XML element types. Some of the declarations refer to XML elements
defined by WebDAV [RFC2518], which use the "DAV:" namespace ...
... Also note that some CalDAV XML element names are identical to WebDAV
XML element names, though their namespace ...
... object resources for the calendaring reports in the DAV:supported-
report-set property, as defined in Versioning Extensions to WebDAV
[RFC3253].
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One of the features that has made WebDAV a successful protocol is its
firm data model. This makes it a useful framework ...
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As a brief overview, a CalDAV calendar is modeled as a WebDAV
collection with a defined structure; each calendar collection
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... calendar collection can be individually locked and have individual
WebDAV properties. Requirements derived from this model are provided
in Section 4.1 and Section 4.2.
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A CalDAV server is a calendaring-aware engine combined with a WebDAV
repository. A WebDAV repository is a set of WebDAV collections,
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... A CalDAV server is a calendaring-aware engine combined with a WebDAV
repository. A WebDAV repository is a set of WebDAV collections,
containing other WebDAV ...
... CalDAV server is a calendaring-aware engine combined with a WebDAV
repository. A WebDAV repository is a set of WebDAV collections,
containing other WebDAV resources, within a unified URL ...
... WebDAV repository is a set of WebDAV collections,
containing other WebDAV resources, within a unified URL namespace.
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... URL namespace.
For example, the repository "http://www.example.com/webdav/" may
contain WebDAV collections and resources, all of which have URLs ...
... For example, the repository "http://www.example.com/webdav/" may
contain WebDAV collections and resources, all of which have URLs
beginning with "http://www.example.com/webdav ...
... WebDAV collections and resources, all of which have URLs
beginning with "http://www.example.com/webdav/". Note that the root
URL ...
... root
URL, "http://www.example.com/", may not itself be a WebDAV repository
(for example, if the WebDAV support is implemented through a servlet
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... URL, "http://www.example.com/", may not itself be a WebDAV repository
(for example, if the WebDAV support is implemented through a servlet
or other Web server extension).
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... Web server extension).
A WebDAV repository MAY include calendar data in some parts of its
URL ...
... namespace, and non-calendaring data in other parts.
A WebDAV repository can advertise itself as a CalDAV server if it
supports the functionality defined in this specification at any point
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... calendar
collection is manifested to clients as a WebDAV resource collection
identified by a URL. A calendar ...
... calendar object resources and collections when using standard
WebDAV techniques to examine the contents of a collection.
b. Collections contained in calendar ...
... framework for an extensible set
of privileges that can be applied to WebDAV collections and ordinary
resources. CalDAV servers MUST also support the calendaring
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This section defines an additional property for WebDAV principal
resources, as defined in [RFC3744 ...
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Purpose: Identifies the URL of any WebDAV collections that contain
calendar collections owned by the associated principal ...
... A CalDAV client can request particular WebDAV property values, all
WebDAV property values, or a list of the names of the resource's
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... client can request particular WebDAV property values, all
WebDAV property values, or a list of the names of the resource's
WebDAV properties. A CalDAV ...
... WebDAV property values, or a list of the names of the resource's
WebDAV properties. A CalDAV client can also request calendar data ...
... object resources that match a specified filter. The response of this
report will contain all the WebDAV properties and calendar object
resource data specified in the request. In the case of the CALDAV ...
... PROPFIND. In particular, the
request can include XML elements to request WebDAV properties to be
returned. When that occurs, the response should follow the same
behavior as PROPFIND ...
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WebDAV already provides functionality required to synchronize a
collection or set of collections, to make changes offline, and
provides a simple way to resolve conflicts when reconnected. ETags
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... provides a simple way to resolve conflicts when reconnected. ETags
are the key to making this work, but these are not required of all
WebDAV servers. Since offline functionality is more important to
calendar applications than to some other WebDAV ...
... WebDAV servers. Since offline functionality is more important to
calendar applications than to some other WebDAV applications, CalDAV
servers MUST support ETags, as specified in Section 5.3.4.
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WebDAV locks can be used to prevent two clients that are modifying
the same resource from either overwriting each others' changes
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... calendar collection. The client
may also be able to browse WebDAV collections to find calendar
collections.
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... the OPTIONS response to that URL to determine what can be done with
it. This is somewhat of a barrier for WebDAV usage as well as with
CalDAV usage. This specification does not offer a way through this
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... the principal namespace required by WebDAV ACL support. For other
cases, the authors have no universal solution, but implementers ...
... caldav
Purpose: Specifies a request that includes the WebDAV property
values to be set for a calendar collection resource when it is
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... DAV:prop XML element as if it were a
WebDAV property. However, the CALDAV:calendar-data XML element ...
... calendar-data XML element is
not a WebDAV property and, as such, is not returned in PROPFIND
responses, nor used in PROPPATCH ...
... Goland, Y., Whitehead, E., Faizi, A., Carter, S., and D. Jensen, "HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring -- WEBDAV", RFC 2518prop, February 1999. ...
... Clemm, G., Amsden, J., Ellison, T., Kaler, C., and J. Whitehead, "Versioning Extensions to WebDAV (Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning)", RFC 3253prop, March 2002. ...
... Clemm, G., Reschke, J., Sedlar, E., and J. Whitehead, "Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Access Control Protocol", RFC 3744prop, May 2004. ...
... Dusseault, L., "HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring - WebDAV", Work in Progress, December 2006. ...