RFC 2518
E699618
RFC 2518 is the original IETF specification that defined the Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) protocol for collaborative web content authoring and file management over HTTP.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RFC 2518 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7936168 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RFC 2518 Context triple: [WebDAV, obsoletesRFC, RFC 2518]
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A.
RFC 2571
RFC 2571 was an earlier specification in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) framework that was later superseded and updated by RFC 3411.
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B.
RFC 2570
RFC 2570 is an Internet standards document that updates and replaces earlier SNMP-related specifications, refining the framework for network management using the Simple Network Management Protocol.
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C.
RFC 2228
RFC 2228 is an Internet standard that extends the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) with security mechanisms such as authentication, integrity, and confidentiality.
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D.
RFC 2870
RFC 2870 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) document that specifies operational and technical requirements for the DNS root name server system.
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E.
RFC 2060
RFC 2060 was the original specification of the Internet Message Access Protocol version 4 (IMAP4), defining how email clients access and manage messages on a mail server.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RFC 2518 Target entity description: RFC 2518 is the original IETF specification that defined the Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) protocol for collaborative web content authoring and file management over HTTP.
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A.
RFC 2571
RFC 2571 was an earlier specification in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) framework that was later superseded and updated by RFC 3411.
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B.
RFC 2570
RFC 2570 is an Internet standards document that updates and replaces earlier SNMP-related specifications, refining the framework for network management using the Simple Network Management Protocol.
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C.
RFC 2228
RFC 2228 is an Internet standard that extends the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) with security mechanisms such as authentication, integrity, and confidentiality.
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D.
RFC 2870
RFC 2870 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) document that specifies operational and technical requirements for the DNS root name server system.
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E.
RFC 2060
RFC 2060 was the original specification of the Internet Message Access Protocol version 4 (IMAP4), defining how email clients access and manage messages on a mail server.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IETF standard
ⓘ
Request for Comments ⓘ WebDAV specification ⓘ |
| area | Applications ⓘ |
| author |
A. Faizi
ⓘ
D. Jensen ⓘ E. Whitehead ⓘ S. Carter ⓘ Y. Goland ⓘ |
| category | Standards Track ⓘ |
| definesAbbreviation | WebDAV ⓘ |
| definesFeature |
collections
ⓘ
locking ⓘ namespaces ⓘ properties ⓘ |
| definesHeader |
DAV
ⓘ
linked to:
DAV:
Depth ⓘ Destination ⓘ If ⓘ Lock-Token ⓘ Overwrite ⓘ |
| definesMethod |
COPY
ⓘ
LOCK ⓘ MKCOL ⓘ MOVE ⓘ PROPFIND ⓘ
linked to:
WebDAV
PROPPATCH ⓘ UNLOCK ⓘ |
| definesProtocol |
Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning
ⓘ
linked to:
WebDAV
|
| definesStatusCode |
102 Processing
ⓘ
207 Multi-Status ⓘ |
| extends |
HTTP
ⓘ
Hypertext Transfer Protocol ⓘ
linked to:
HTTP
|
| focusesOn |
collaborative web authoring
ⓘ
file management over HTTP ⓘ remote web content management ⓘ |
| month | February ⓘ |
| obsoletedBy | RFC 4918 ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
document management
ⓘ
remote file system access over HTTP ⓘ web content authoring ⓘ |
| protocolFamily | HTTP extension ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1999-02 ⓘ |
| publishedBy |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| publishedInSeries |
Request for Comments
ⓘ
linked to:
RFCs
|
| rfcNumber | 2518 ⓘ |
| shortTitle |
HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring – WebDAV
ⓘ
linked to:
WebDAV
|
| standardizes | WebDAV ⓘ |
| status | Obsoleted ⓘ |
| title |
HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring – WEBDAV
ⓘ
linked to:
WebDAV
|
| updatesProtocol | HTTP/1.1 ⓘ |
| workingGroup |
WebDAV Working Group
ⓘ
linked to:
WebDAV
|
| year | 1999 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: RFC 2518 Description of subject: RFC 2518 is the original IETF specification that defined the Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) protocol for collaborative web content authoring and file management over HTTP.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.