[sc34wg3] Re: 7. Core subject identifiers

[Patrick Durusau]

Lars,

Taking a break to look at the TMDM. ;-)

Lars Marius Garshol wrote:

>* Patrick Durusau
>| 
>| The second paragraph of 7.1 reads:
>| 
>| "All core subject identifiers defined by this document are distinct,
>| that is, topics representing these subjects cannot be merged with
>| one another."
>| 
>| I assume that was in response to the US comment asking what " All
>| core subject identifiers defined by this document are distinct." in
>| the prior draft meant. ;-)
>
>Correct. :-)
> 
>| In other words, if I had two topic items representing the subject of
>| type-instance (that is both have in their [subject identifiers]
>| property the string
>| |"http://psi.topicmaps.com/iso13250/type-instance"|), then they should
>| merge. Yes?
>
>Yes. The sentence was not meant to exclude this, but I admit it is
>vague.
>
>How about: 
>
>  All core subject identifiers defined by this document represent
>  distinct subjects. Therefore it is an error to assign more than one
>  of these subject identifiers to the same topic item.
>
>That seems pretty clear to me.
> 
>  
>

That sound better to me.

Hope you are having a great day!

Patrick

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Patrick Durusau
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