Re: [xtm-wg] Questions about Merging.

[Steve Pepper <pepper@ontopia.net>]

At 01:32 21/02/01 -0600, Steven R. Newcomb wrote:
>[Steve Pepper:]
> > Two topics with a <subjectIdentity>:<topicRef> in common have the
> > same subject as the referenced topic and hence the same subject as
> > each other. All three would get merged.
>
>Side-issue: I'm pretty sure I understand what you're saying here, but
>I'm uncertain about the notation.  Maybe I missed something.  What is
>the significance of the colon in <subjectIdentity>:<topicRef>?  Does
>it mean "<topicRef> child of <subjectIdentity>"?

Yes, sorry. I couldn't just say <topicRef> because <topicRef>s occur
in other situations, so this was a sort of partially-qualified GI.

Steve

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