From below: http: //network.ccidnet.com/pub/article/c226_a45866_p1.html interoperability of HTTP extensions: Zhu New Asia issued a document time: 2003.05.12
As early as 1998, IETF had set WebDAV as a standard specification, and has been widely used on multiple platforms and different vendor applications. Now, on the APAHE and Microsoft Internet Information Servers, you can find webDav's figure, and now the main documentation and content management vendors in the industry are also generally supported. The WebDAV feature embedded for ordinary desktop operating systems such as Windows and Mac OS X, as well as the popular software of Adobe, Lotus, Microsoft and other companies. Why do you have such a manufacturer or product to support this close relative of HTTP? The reason is that its protocol adds some new features, users can access and edit files via the Internet. In short, it guarantees a simple collaboration between any places from the Internet.
WebDAV work mode
When editing the document stored on the WebDAV server, you can lock to ensure that your amendments are not overwritten by other users. WebDAV version control can also make users understand which version of the document is the latest to reduce unnecessary confusion. The WebDAV access control table provides advanced control of reading, writing, and sharing licenses for each file, further improving system security, WebDAV file management features have made it a substitute for traditional document management products. Program. Weddav enforces a universal data model that includes collecting, resource, locking, and ownership and defining a generic syntax for HTTP communication using customization, title, and body. It greatly expands HTTP by defining some programs managed by file management, such as copy, move, and creating a new web folder MKCOL program. Locking and unlocking procedures allow users to protect the document when changing a document. The PropFind and PropPatch programs allow the folder to be browsed and provide elastic management of metadata. All these programs run on HTTP resources, so any web server that supports WebDAV can provide a complete system for security creation. Let's take a look at some of the practical significance of WebDAV: sales staff in the remote office or in the journey may need to access information about the company's latest product release, this information (including quotation, product pictures, and flash demo files) ) Stored on the company's WebDAV server. Although salesperson uses different applications and network access methods, they can still have to leave their standard desktop applications, and each use HTTP and WebDAV to view and customize their sales information. The hospital must guarantee the safety of patient information exchanged between doctors and technicians. They have begun to realize that the accessories of E-mail cannot meet this requirement, and the attachments become more large, and it is difficult to share. Choose a server-compatible server to manage their patient files so that participants can securely connect these files without having to use file attachments. All file access You can use the hospital's non-important directory access protocol server to authenticate, all file transfer is encrypted in the security interface layer and improves the system's adaptability. Most users feel annoyed for accessing information or attempts to collaborate through E-mail when needed. FTP may help solve these problems, but for most users, it is a bit complicated, but also provides security advantages from WebDAV.
