1. A Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) method of associating resource name extensions and content types comprising: receiving a WebDAV request that specifies a resource name extension and a content type; ascertaining whether current mapping scenarios that maps resource name extensions to content types is adequate to map the specified name extension to its specified content type; and creating a new mapping scenario that maps the specified name extension to its specified content type if the current mapping scenarios are not sufficient to map the specified name extension to its specified content type.