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=== Proposal for a client-initiated journal transfer (1-to-N feature) ===
=== Proposal for a client-initiated journal transfer (1-to-N feature) ===
=== Note that the initial "Browse" based solution (of which comments have been struck out) cannot fill the purpose, because of the following reasons ===
* (Thanks Anish) "Browse" based solution only allows files to be downloaded. But Sugar's entries are more than just a file - they are a combination of metadata, and data (files). Eg. - Turtle Art Journal entry.
* (Thanks Anish and Daniel) Mounting the server's shares' entries locally, also conforms to the Sugar look-and-feel.




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** ALL THESE STEPS WOULD BE DONE AS PART OF OOB STAGE.
** ALL THESE STEPS WOULD BE DONE AS PART OF OOB STAGE.


* '''[Code-Requirements] Setting up WebDAV on a server XO.'''
** "httpd" will have to be patched, so that PROPFIND also returns Sugar's metadata as properties (in obvious addition to the standard WebDAV properties [http://rfc-ref.org/RFC-TEXTS/2518/chapter13.html])


* '''[User-Workflow] Exporting Data to WebDav, on a server XO.'''
* '''[User-Workflow] Exporting Data to WebDav, on a server XO.'''