Notes from 5/11/99 Advanced Collections Teleconference Attending: Judy Slein, Jason Crawford, Geoff Clemm, Jim Whitehead The teleconference was shorter than normal, lasting only 20 minutes. * Can BIND replace an existing binding? Agreement: Yes. Should the Overwrite header be used with BIND to control this binding replacement capability? Agreement: yes. Binding replacement should be the default. * Discussion of integrity maintenance on bindings. Agreement that bindings should have strong integrity. There should not be any way to specify integrity, weak or otherwise. Some concern by Jim Whitehead that strong integrity doesn't add much interoperability. Geoff Clemm feels strongly that strong integrity is needed for interoperability. No action taken, may be revisited when definitions of strong integrity are complete. * Discussion of redirect references on collections. Jason noted that he too is uncomfortable with having redirect references on collections have "URL addition semantics", noting that there is no current experience with this kind of behavior. Action items: * Geoff volunteers to develop the semantics of bindings, including semantics of strong integrity. * Jim will start thread on redirect references on collections on the discussion list *** Call ends