RE: dav and uri components with embedded slashes

JR wrote:
> The WebDAV mailing list=20
> <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-dist-auth/> probably is a=20
> better place...

Thank you. I will pay them a visit.

And went on to write:
> It's probably possible, but I would expect most WebDAV clients to =
become=20
> extremely confused.
>
> Not sure why you really would want that ... you can't have a slash=20
> character in a filename for a reason :-).

Understood. Just trying to support natural language in the system. Also, =
part of the spec involves integrating with an existing dbms in which =
certain data common to the two system have been allowed to contain =
various punctuation marks.=20

I am/was trying to avoid substitutions or other heavy handed techniques =
in deference to the end users.=20

Thanks again,

 - Mark