This page contains all the DAV specifications, along with specs that are related to DAV.
- HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring -- WEBDAV (text) (PDF) (XML)
- French language translation
RFC 2518, Standards Track, Proposed Standard. February, 1999.This document specifies the WebDAV Distributed Authoring Protocol, a set of headers and methods which extend the Hypertext Transfer Protocol to provide capabilities for overwrite prevention (locking), properties, and namespace management.
Note that the text version of the document is the authoritative representation, and if there are differences between the text version and other versions, the text version is always correct.
This issues list details the open issues with the Proposed Standard. These will be handled during the progress towards a Draft Standard.
- Versioning Extensions to WebDAV (Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning) (text) (PDF) (XML)
- RFC 3253, Standards Track, Proposed Standard. March, 2002.
This document specifies extensions to WebDAV (and hence HTTP) to provide capabilities for versioning and configuration management.
Note that the text version of the document is the authoritative representation, and if there are differences between the text version and other versions, the text version is always correct.
This specification has an associated goals document, versioning model (sorry about the ad), and scenarios document.
This specification was developed in the IETF DeltaV Working Group. The latest information is available on the group's web site.
- DAV Searching and Locating (DASL)
- This is a draft document, currently being worked on prior to being submitted as an Internet Draft It is based on draft-reddy-dasl-protocol-04.txt (Expired).
- WebDAV Bindings
- This is an IETF Internet Draft.
A protocol for creating bindings to resources. Bindings allow a resource to appear at multiple URLs, much like symbolic links in a filesystem.
See the protocol's web site for the latest draft and the issues list.
- WebDAV Redirect Reference Resources
- This is an IETF Internet Draft.
A protocol for creating redirect resources. A redirect resource corresponds to a resource which responds with an HTTP 302 redirect. This protocol provides for remote creation and administration of these resources.
See the protocol's web site for the latest draft and the issues list.
- Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Ordered Collections Protocol (text) (PDF) (XML)
- RFC 3648, Standards Track, Proposed Standard. December, 2003.
A protocol for creating and manipulating a persistent, server-defined ordering of a collection's member resources.
Note that the text version of the document is the authoritative representation, and if there are differences between the text version and other versions, the text version is always correct.
- Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Access Control Protocol (text) (PDF) (XML)
- RFC 3744, Standards Track, Proposed Standard. May, 2004.
This specification has a companion goals document.
The ACL extensions are being developed in a sub-group of the IETF WebDAV Working Group. The latest information is available on the sub-group's web pages.
Note that the text version of the document is the authoritative representation, and if there are differences between the text version and other versions, the text version is always correct.
- Advanced ACL Extensions to WebDAV
- This is an IETF Internet Draft, currently at revision 0.
The ACL extensions are being developed in a sub-group of the IETF WebDAV Working Group. The latest information is available on the sub-group's web pages.
- UUIDs and GUIDs
- This is an IETF Internet Draft, currently at revision 1.
This is an expired Internet Draft that details UUID/GUID generation. It is not a formal part of the WebDAV group of specifications, but it is used within WebDAV's
opaquelocktokenlock token scheme. Thus, it has relevance to people interested in the WebDAV protocol specifications.
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP 1.1
- IETF Draft Standard.
This specification details HTTP. It is essentially a revision of RFC 2068.
- HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication
- IETF Draft Standard.
This specification details the Basic and Digest authentication mechanisms for HTTP. It is a replacement for RFC 2069 (Digest Access Authentication).
Note that DAV requires that the server must accept Digest authentication for access (Basic is not allowed over unsecure channels). See section 17.1 of the DAV specification.
- Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0
- This is the core XML specification. It is a W3C Recommendation.
- Namespaces in XML
- This is an extension to XML, and is also a W3C Recommendation.
- XML Media Types (text version)
- RFC 3023, Standards Track. January, 2001.
This RFC describes when to use
text/xml,application/xml, and the use of thecharsetparameter.See also: XML Resources
Additional specifications can be found on the Working Group Home Page
Requirements documents are provided under the WebDAV -- Other Resources area.