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0008 <article lang="&language;" id="webdav">
0009 <title>webdav / webdavs</title>
0010 <articleinfo>
0011 <authorgroup>
0012 <author>&Hamish.Rodda; &Hamish.Rodda.mail;</author>
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0014 </authorgroup>
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0016 <date>2002-01-21</date>
0017 </articleinfo>
0018 <para><acronym>WebDAV</acronym> is a <emphasis>D</emphasis>istributed
0019 <emphasis>A</emphasis>uthoring and <emphasis>V</emphasis>ersioning
0020 protocol for the World Wide Web. It allows for easy management of
0021 documents and scripts on a &HTTP; server, and has
0022 additional features designed to simplify version management amongst
0023 multiple authors.</para>
0024
0025 <para>Usage of this protocol is simple. Type the location you want to
0026 view, similar to a &HTTP; &URL; except for the
0027 webdav:// protocol name at the start. An example is
0028 <userinput>webdav://<replaceable>www.hostname.com/path/</replaceable></userinput>.
0029 If you specify a folder name, a list of files and folders will be
0030 displayed, and you can manipulate these folders and files just as you
0031 would with any other filesystem.</para>
0032
0033 <variablelist>
0034 <title>WebDAV Features</title>
0035 <varlistentry>
0036 <term>Locking</term>
0037 <listitem>
0038 <para>File locking allows users to lock a file, informing others that they
0039 are
0040 currently working on this file. This way, editing can be done without fear
0041 that
0042 the changes may be overwritten by another person who is also editing the
0043 same
0044 document.</para>
0045 </listitem>
0046 </varlistentry>
0047 <varlistentry>
0048 <term>Source file access</term>
0049 <listitem>
0050 <para><acronym>WebDAV</acronym> allows access to the script which is called
0051 to
0052 produce a specific page, so changes can be made to the script itself.</para>
0053 </listitem>
0054 </varlistentry>
0055 <varlistentry>
0056 <term>Per-document property support</term>
0057 <listitem>
0058 <para>Arbitrary properties may be set to assist identification of a
0059 document,
0060 such as the author.</para>
0061 </listitem>
0062 </varlistentry>
0063 </variablelist>
0064
0065 <para>To take advantage of these additional capabilities, you will need an
0066 application which supports them. No application currently supports them
0067 through
0068 this KIO worker.</para>
0069
0070 <para><acronym>WebDAVS</acronym> is the <acronym>WebDAV</acronym> protocol encrypted via SSL.</para>
0071
0072 </article>