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Re: Identical UMO titles in UU



Sergey ran a test that creates a test topic, twice. As a result he got two (almost) identical topics in the database. This does look slightly odd, doesn't it?

2007/4/22, Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh < ilya@total-knowledge.com>:
I don't see where the requirement for uniqueness came from.

Anatoly Volynets wrote:
> All right then. We don't have it.
>
> Alexey Parshin wrote:
>
>> Well, then it doesn't give us any advantage. It would still be
>> possible to
>> have two UMOs with the title 'Test topic'.
>>
>> 2007/4/22, Anatoly Volynets <av@total-knowledge.com>:
>>
>>> From the functionality stand point UMO Title+Type+Prime Author+version
>>> can only be unique.
>>>
>>> I derive this from casual practice.
>>>
>>> For example Trigonometry can be independent course or a topic  in, say,
>>> Math for Dummies.
>>>
>>> At the same time Trigonometry can be desirable title for thousands of
>>> authors.
>>>
>>> Lastly, the same author can do revision of the course and while the old
>>> version  is in use, the new one  can also be published.
>>>
>>> What The Prime Author can be here? Probably that one who started the UMO
>>> and got listed on the top of the UMO Authors list.
>>>
>>> sergey@total-knowledge.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, then maybe "UMO title + description".
>>>> You mentaioned in IRC that "description is 'text' that can't be a part
>>>>
>>> of
>>>
>>>> index", but I think we will need to deal somehow with UMO descriptions
>>>> anyway, b/c we have to ask user if his changes to an UMO description
>>>>
>>> minor
>>>
>>>> or versioned.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The first problem is - there may be more than one author..
>>>>>
>>>>> 2007/4/22, sergey@total-knowledge.com <sergey@total-knowledge.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Currently it's possible to create topic(and any other UMO) with
>>>>>> identical
>>>>>> titles. I discussed this with Alexey, but it's not clear how UU
>>>>>>
>>> should
>>>
>>>>>> deal with this in general.
>>>>>> My opinion is
>>>>>> "UMO title + Author" should be unique.
>>>>>> OTH, it should be possible to have different versions of UMO with
>>>>>> different titles.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alexey Parshin,
>>>>> http://www.sptk.net
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Anatoly Volynets, Co-Founder
>>> total-knowledge.com
>>> culturedialogue.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

--
Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
Total Knowledge. CTO
http://www.total-knowledge.com




--
Alexey Parshin,
http://www.sptk.net

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