[sc34wg3] Removing added scope from <mergeMap>

Kal Ahmed sc34wg3@isotopicmaps.org
Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:24:14 -0000


Geir Ove wrote:
> On 1/16/06, Kal Ahmed <kal@techquila.com> wrote:
> > Geir Ove wrote:
> > > I don't agree. You cannot track the assertions if the topic map that
> > > is merged in causes topics in the mother topic map to be merged. In
> > > theory you can end up with one single topic[1] after the merge is
> > > done. The topic map may even cause the scoping topic to be merged with
> > > some other topic making it impossible to track.
> > >
> > Nope, that's wrong. If you track topic source identifiers as subject
> > indicators, it is always possible to see what has merged.
> 
> That's correct, but you cannot figure out which topics each individual
> characteristic came from. :)


You can if you have added themes on the merged topic map.