It does? The REST thesis came out in 2000, looks like the (and AFAIR) WebDAV came later?<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ics.uci.edu&#x2F;~fielding&#x2F;pubs&#x2F;dissertation&#x2F;top.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ics.uci.edu&#x2F;~fielding&#x2F;pubs&#x2F;dissertation&#x2F;top.htm</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.webdav.org&#x2F;specs&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.webdav.org&#x2F;specs&#x2F;</a>