[Osr-101] Adding metadata to checkin/save operations

[Michael Wechner]

Andreas Wuest wrote:

> Hi
>
> It would be nice to be able to send some metadata alongside the 
> document upon document checkin/save.
>
> This requires the following:
>
>  * A well-defined way for enveloping the document


btw, how does SVN handle this? Is it also packing the commit message 
into an evelope together with the actual content?

I have just downloaded ngrep and will try to see what it says ;-) So far 
it's a great btw :-)

>  * A way for the server to tell the client which metadata it expects, 
> and which of those would be mandatory (solved as an addition to the 
> introspection document)
>  * An exception for the server to tell the client that the client did 
> not fulfill its request completely (mandatory metadata missing).
>
> As a simple usecase, imagine the CMS to be Subversion based, and the 
> server like to receive a commit message alongside the document.

>
> WDYT?


yes, I think it would be nice that Neutron is supporting something like 
this, whereas as you are pointing out above it shouldn't be hardcoded.

I will do some ngrep on Subversion  ... ;-)

Michi


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