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Subject: Inheritance vs Cascade: Propagation?
WRT the discussion in comments on the Inheritance of attributes and metadata in maps section, I wonder if "propagation" isn't the best term. That was the term we used in HyTime for a similar feature. That is, metadata and attribute values "are propagated" from ancestor to descendant elements and from topicrefs to topics, emphasizing that this is a processing action, Although I agree that inheritance is definitely the wrong term, so "cascade" is better. In particular, inheritance in the OO sense implies that local values override inherited values, but that is not necessarily the case here, where maps can, in some cases, impose values onto referenced things. Cheers, E. ---- Eliot Kimber | Senior Solutions Architect | Really Strategies, Inc. email: ekimber@reallysi.com <mailto:ekimber@reallysi.com> office: 610.631.6770 | cell: 512.554.9368 2570 Boulevard of the Generals | Suite 213 | Audubon, PA 19403 www.reallysi.com <http://www.reallysi.com> | http://blog.reallysi.com <http://blog.reallysi.com> | www.rsuitecms.com <http://www.rsuitecms.com>
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