VOSpace vs WebDAV

[Matthew Graham]

Walter,

Paul will be at the Madrid meeting so maybe you should buttonhole him there to see if his opinion has changed in the last 7 years.

-- Matthew

On May 14, 2014, at 11:09 PM, Walter Landry wrote:

> Matthew Graham <mjg at cacr.caltech.edu> wrote:
>> Hi Walter,
>> 
>> This is the presentation that Paul Harrison gave in May 2007 on this subject: 
>> 
>> http://wiki.ivoa.net/internal/IVOA/InterOpMay2007GridAndWebServices/VOSpaceWebDAV.pdf
> 
> Thanks.  I have seen that presentation before.  He claims that the
> vos: URI scheme indirection service is a feature.  But he does not
> give any use cases where it provides an advantage.  As I noted in my
> original email, vos: URI's feel like a reinvention of DNS.  Can you or
> anyone else describe a use case where it becomes useful?
> 
> Also, on the second to last slide Paul makes the points
> 
>  • Let’s not invent our own - WebDAV is the archetypical REST protocol.
>    – Make sure that VOSpace is at least a minimal WebDAV server.
>  • Perhaps we could engage the WebDAV standardization groups to add VOSpace
>    features?
> 
> which is definitely not what happened.  VOSpace is not a WebDAV server
> with extensions.  If it were, the advantages of VOSpace would be more
> clear.
> 
> Thanks,
> Walter Landry