CMIS: Inheritance Type definition

["Alexander Haag" <alexander.haag@wewebu.com>]

Hello CMIS-Members,

 

I got a question regarding Inheritance in Type-structure, causing some confusion during development.

 

Based on CMIS spec:

2.1.3.1 Object-Type Hierachy and Inheritance

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The properties of a CMIS base type MUST be inherited by its descendant types.

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2.1.3.3.2  Attributes common to ALL Object-Type Property Definitions

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inherited Boolean

Indicates whether the property definition is inherited from the parent type when TRUE or it is

explicitly defined for this object-type when FALSE.

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Question is when MUST the inherited-Attribute be FALSE?

 

Example for the problem (notation is Object-Type + “. “ + Property-Type):

cmis:document.cmis:name (inherited=False, updateability=READONLY)

example:SubDocument.cmis:name (inherited=True, updateability=ONCREATE) or (inherited=False, updateability=ONCREATE)

 

Must attribute changes of a Type-Definition be marked with “inherited=False”?

Or is inherited only a marker for “name”-Inhertance?

 

Best Regards,

Alexander Haag

-Software Engineer-

 

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