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Support container updates

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Description

First off: this issue is different than creating LDPC on route to creating an LDP-RS as a member of an LDPC that doesn't exist yet. That particular case was covered in https://github.com/solid/node-solid-server/pull/513.

This issue is about creating or updating an LDPC (ie an LDP-BC, at the time of this writing). It will conform to LDP provided that the information in the update payload doesn't get in the way of changing the containment triples ( https://www.w3.org/TR/ldp/#h-ldpc-put-mbrprops ). So, for example, adding a label to a container (<> rdfs:label "Foo") would be fine, but PUT/PATCH that inserts or deletes ldp:contains relations should not succeed.

The use cases are generally about including additional "metadata" as part of the container description. It is partly discussed in https://github.com/solid/node-solid-server/issues/547 .

If this feature is implemented, https://github.com/solid/node-solid-server/issues/547 can be revisited, and as far as I can tell, the feature where updating a container's description through /.meta can be removed altogether (as interacting directly with the URI in question would be generally preferable.)

Edit: rel="describedBy" .meta in HTTP header can also be dropped as the interaction will only go through container URI, and that .meta will only be internal to the server.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by reviewing the LDP container update requirements and the related discussion in issue #547, then locate the server entry point handling updates to an LDPC URI. Determine how PUT and PATCH payloads treat ldp:contains triples versus other metadata. Done means container metadata can be updated through the container URI without allowing containment changes, while the described .meta behavior is no longer needed.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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