• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.13C no.2 s.105
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• pp.249-258
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• 2006

WebDAV is an IETF standard protocol, which is an extended version of HTTP 1.1, supporting asynchronous collaborative authoring of various contents on the web. Recently, to precisely control access to the resources on a WebDAY server, the WebDAV Access Control Protocol was published. This protocol helps developers to implement advanced server functionalities in a convenient way by providing various control methods to the resources on the WebDAV server. Based on the WebDAV access control protocol, we developed Open Workspaces, which systematically support exchanging and sharing data for general visitors. An Open Workspace can be supplied as a Download-Only Open Workspace, an Upload-Only Open Workspace, or an Upload-Download Open Workspace. Any registered user can create these workspaces without bothering the system administrator. To support the Open Workspaces, we extended the Slide WebDAV server and the DAVExplorer WebDAV client, which are being used popularly.