We can do it that way. I was hesitant to do that because I didn't know where IResource might differ from IDigitalSubject in the future.
I'll change it to follow your suggestion, and we can deal with divergence of IResource if/when that ever happens.
Jim
>>> Greg Byrd <gbyrd@xxxxxxxx> 9/20/06 7:11 AM >>>
So how about making IDigitalSubject a sub-interface of IResource? I
don't see the need for another interface type that has no other uses,
and IResource doesn't add anything to IEntity anyway, except for also
implementing IHasMetadata.
...Greg
Jim Sermersheim wrote:
> Oops, we were talking about it on the #higgins chat channel, and I
> forgot it wasn't discussed here.
>
> Well, not much of a debate. I added IResource and ILiteral interfaces
> sometime back (for attribute value types). Today I finally got around
> to fleshing out IResource and noticed for the second time that it's
> almost exactly like IDigitalSubject (just doesn't have a Context). So
> rather that duplicating the APIs having to do with attributes, name,
> and type, I proposed a super-interface for that.
>
> We debated between IObject and IEntity. I'm open to other names or
> solutions if they're better.
>
> Jim
>
> >>> Greg Byrd <gbyrd@xxxxxxxx> 9/19/06 6:32 PM >>>
>
> So I missed this debate -- what's the reason for the change to IEntity?
>
> ...Greg
>
>
> Jim Sermersheim wrote:
> > For all you context provider writers out there, I forgot to tell you
> > that as part of the creation of the more generic IEntity, the method
> > name changed (was IDigitalSubject.getUniqueID, is now
> > IEntity.getName). In terms of its use on IDigitalSubject, it's still
> > the Contextually Unique Identifier. I suppose that's true for its use
> > on IResource as well. Hmm, maybe I should have left the name
> > alone... Opinions?
> >
> > Jim
> >
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