WebDAV is an extension to the HTTP/1.1 protocol that allows clients to perform remote web content authoring operations. The WebDAV protocol is specified by RFC 2518.0
WebDAV provides support for the following authoring and versioning functions:
- Version management
- Locking for overwrite protection
- Web page properties
- Collections of Web resources
- Name space management (copy/move pages on a Web server)
- Access control
For more information on WebDAV, visit the WebDAV Resources web site: http://www.webdav.org/