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Re: Identical UMO titles in UU



No, not really.

Alexey Parshin wrote:
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 <mailto: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
    <mailto: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 <mailto: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
    <mailto:sergey@total-knowledge.com> <sergey@total-knowledge.com
    <mailto: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 <http://total-knowledge.com>
    >>> culturedialogue.org <http://culturedialogue.org>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>
    >
    >

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




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

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Total Knowledge. CTO
http://www.total-knowledge.com


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