Editing WebDAV (section)

== Implementation ==
[[File:WebDAV collaborative authoring.png|thumb|500px|WebDAV [[Collaborative editing|collaborative authoring]] in a compatible HTTP server]]
WebDAV extends the set of standard HTTP verbs and headers allowed for [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol#Request methods|request methods]]. The added verbs include:
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{| class="wikitable"
! Verb
! Action
|-
| '''COPY'''
| copy a resource from one [[uniform resource identifier]] (URI) to another 
|-
| '''LOCK'''
| put a [[lock (computer science)|lock]] on a resource. WebDAV supports both shared and exclusive locks.
|-
| '''MKCOL'''
| create collections (also known as a [[folder (computing)|directory]])
|-
| '''MOVE'''
| move a resource from one URI to another
|-
| '''PROPFIND'''
| retrieve properties, stored as [[XML]], from a [[web resource]]. It is also [[method overloading|overloaded]] to allow one to retrieve the collection structure (also known as directory hierarchy) of a remote system.
|-
| '''PROPPATCH'''
| change and delete multiple properties on a resource in a single [[atomic commit|atomic act]]
|-
| '''UNLOCK'''
| remove a lock from a resource
|}

=== Properties ===
The properties of WebDAV protocol are [[name–value pair]], in which a "name" is a [[Uniform Resource Identifier]] (URI) and the "values" are expressed through XML elements. Furthermore, the [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol#Request methods|methods]] to handle the properties are '''PROPFIND''' and '''PROPPATCH'''.{{sfn|Whitehead|Goland|1999|p=299}}