[sword-devel] HTTP Transport support (was: Remote Module Repository Wiki)

[Butrus Damaskus]

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:51 PM, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Our current reasons to switch to HTTP is that HTTP is ubiquitous-- often
>> already available at institutions, usually requires no additional
>> training to make something available, and has no firewall/security
>> concerns.  I wonder if WebDAV still gives us those benefits.
>
> Sorry - coming into this a bit late... but it seems to me that HTTP would
> make the most sense when bundled with some standard we created for directory
> listings, modules, etc.  In addition to being widely supported, it is also
> easy to use HTTPS to create simple-encryption in addition to it being easily
> accessed through just about any proxy service (if necessary).
> I know that it would make much more sense to use HTTP when it comes to
> mobile platforms (speaking from experience).
> -David

a) WebDAV is a _SUPERSET_ of HTTP. So HTTP GET, HEAD, PUT, MOVE, COPY
methods are used + they are extenden with other methods (like PROPFIND
for listing directory / metadata fetching)

b) WebDAV of course supports TLS/SSL