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1. @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: (reiver@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Feb-2023 03:08:45 JST @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

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   The #WorldWideWeb dominated #Internet would have been a different place if #HTTP had support for directories.

   Because except for an atavism on how relative URIs resolve against a base URI —

   HTTP does not support directories.

   • Adrian Cochrane repeated this.
   • @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: (reiver@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Feb-2023 03:08:52 JST @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

     in reply to

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     For example, there is no HTTP method to list the contents of a directory.

     Also, there is no HTTP method to pull all the contents of a directory (as a single operation).

     There are no recursive HTTP methods for directories.

     Etc.

     Adrian Cochrane repeated this.
   • @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: (reiver@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Feb-2023 03:08:57 JST @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

     in reply to

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     "Yes", there is WebDAV — but WebDAV is no more HTTP than AtomPub is.

     And also, WebDAV does a mediocre job of trying to shoehorn directories into HTTP.