"Web-based distributed authoring and versioning or WebDAV is the protocol that is creating the 'read-write' web. It is facilitating collaboration in many ways across the internet, replacing proprietary protocols (FrontPage, e.g.) or superseding less functional open protocols ((FTP, SFTP). The primary drivers for the adoption of WebDAV include:
"WebDAV resources can be set up like local drives allowing you to work with remote files as if they were on your machine.
"It allows for 'locking' of files so multiple users can work with a file at the same time, but only one at a time can make changes..."
