On Feb 18, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Rich.Levinson wrote:
> Daniel, Seth, Erik, and TC,
>
> If we stick to the generally accepted definition that an object in
> a hierarchy can have at most one parent, then a URI solves the
> problem without having to look beyond the URI itself
It is NOT a generally accepted definition and we did not stick to it
on purpose.
> However, if we allow the hierarchies to break down and lose their
> inherent hierarchical properties, then more complicated approaches,
> such as going outside the initial request context to get more
> nodes, although still solvable w URIs as demo'd below, are needed.
>
It is NOT "broken down"
> Again, I am not trying to add or change any of the existing
> functionality,
You are proposing an addition that is a subset of the more general
approach.
I understand that you favor a different approach to this problem.
It may be worth our while to create a separate profile for such an
approach, but I do not see any reason to muddy the existing one.
Daniel;
