It all boils down to the difference between a new story versus an
update to an existing one.
Article IDs form a part of the permanent URL of a news story on the
web site. We try very hard not to break links to stories we have
published. When a journalist updates an existing story, they can
choose whether to replace the content at the existing URL, or to
publish to a new URL.
They make this decision on an editorial rather than a technical basis
-- from the journalists' training guidelines:
"As a general rule we begin a fresh story when there is a significant
shift in angle [...]. For small alterations such as the correction of
a typing error, change to a caption or updating figures we can
republish the story very quickly, entirely replacing the original.
Often, we need a third alternative which is to make substantial
changes to a running story where the top line is unchanged."
So, a new story of course means a new article ID and a new URL. The
first rewrite case above (significant shift in angle) results in a
new article ID. The second and third rewrite cases above (minor edits
or ongoing developments to an existing story) result in the
republication of revised content to an existing article ID and URL.
Hope this helps
Garrick McFarlane
Content Production System Group Leader | CPS Technical Product Manager
BBC News Interactive
www.bbc.co.uk/news | www.bbc.co.uk/sport
On 25 Jun 2005, at 13:54, Ben O'Neill wrote:
From when Ben has previously posted it was my understanding that the
article ID is unique, but it can change. If new information becomes
available and a major change in the article takes place the article
will get a new id.
On 25/06/05, Gavin Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks,
I understand that articles can be updated with time, and I use the
article ID as the identifier rather than the published date or the
text content.
Actually, I mistakenly left out the two article titles which seemed
like they were not related (other than both being about tennis). The
first was about a player called 'Gonzal' and the second is about
Roddick struggling past Daniele Bracciali.
I have since cleared my test database, but I follow up if I see this
behaviour again.
Thanks,
Gavin
On 25/06/05, mike chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 6/24/05, Gavin Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
Are the IDs of articles published on bbc unique per article without
time limit? Or are the IDs reused with time.
A story can be updated and republished with the same id. The update
might just be spelling/grammer corrects, or it could be more
detailed
rewrite...
Mike.
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