Virtuoso supports a special type of WebDAV resources, a redirect reference resource, named WebDAV links. This is to extend the WebDAV service to allow multiple access paths to existing resources.

As with conventional HTTP, the redirect reference simply responds to the client with an HTTP/1.1 302 (Found) status code, redirecting the client to a different resource, the target specified in the redirect resource, using the Location: header. This behavior is equivalent to UNIX symbolic links. A redirect reference makes it possible to access the target resource indirectly through any URI mapped to the redirect reference resource. The integrity is not guaranteed for associated redirect reference resources.

WebDAV links do not provide a way to circumvent WebDAV security or virtual directories. The target resource must be directly available to the client being redirected.

WebDAV links are achieved by adding a special WebDAV property, 'redirectref ', whose value must contain the reference target URL.

WebDAV link targets are not limited to the WebDAV repository, and may target any HTTP accessible resource.

The WebDAV links can be made with DAV API function DAV_PROP_SET() , or can be done via the Content Management interface of the Admin UI. In the admin UI select WebDAV/WebDAV Services/Content Management and press on the Create Link button to create a link. In the form choose the target, permissions, owner and enter the name of the link. Pressing the Add button will create the new link in the current WebDAV folder.

SQL> select DAV_RES_UPLOAD ('/DAV/a/b.html','','','110100000NN', 'dav', 'nobody', 'dav', 'dav');

SQL> DAV_PROP_SET ('/DAV/a/b.html', 'redirectref', '/c/d/f.html', 'dav', 'dav');

	See Also:
	DAV Add and Update functions and DAV Manipulation functions .

WebDAV links behaviour in resource manipulation requests. When some link is moved the target will have the same properties as source, ie. it will be a link. When a copy operation is made the target will have content of the reference i.e. it will be a resource, not a link. Delete operation on link will remove only the redirect reference resource, not the referenced target itself. Content upload requests will change the content of the referenced target.