WebDAV : Java Glossary

WebDAV

Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning. A platform-independent way of making a remote file server look like a local hard disk. You an then back up documents to it for safe offsite backup or to share with others.

Advantages

It uses an extension of HTTP protocol. This means it requires no special firewall tunnelling exceptions. To the firewall, its conversations with the server look just like ordinary browser web page requests and fetches.
WebDAV is platform independent. This means that Macintosh, Linux, Unix and Windows users can collaborate on web content without all of the usual conversion problems
Like HTTP, WebDAV is not locked into any particular software. So long as your authoring tools are WebDAV compliant, you are fine.
Microsoft products such as Explorer, Internet Explorer, Word, Excel and PowerPoint and Office are WebDAV compliant out the box. You just map a network drive letter onto a WebDAV URL.
Most of the servlet wombs also support WebDAV.

EpiDirect WebDAV hosting
shared documents
WebDrive for older versions of Windows

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