Andreas Hartmann wrote: > Joern Nettingsmeier wrote: >> Andreas Hartmann wrote: >>> Joachim Wolfgang Kaltz wrote: >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>> Hi Andreas, >>>> (maybe I'm missing something, but) it seems strange to have >>>> publication ID and area as part of the syntax of an internal link. >>>> These should only point to documents within the same publication and >>>> area, >>> IMO it should be allowed to point to documents from other publications. >>> Imagine you have a university/company website with a lot of >>> publications, >>> I wouldn't restrict the links to point to the same publication. >> >> that's true. but i wonder: does the UUID algorithm not guarantee >> uniqueness even across publications? if so, all we would need is a list >> of "external publications" for reference that maps pub-ids to UUID >> prefixes. it could go into publication.xconf. > > IMO the UUID should be orthogonal to the publication which the > document belongs to. The UUID is forever, even when you move the > document to a different publication.
ah, ok, thanks for clarifying. somehow i thought that the UUIDs were hierachic, like <document>-<pub>-<somemagic>-<somemoremagic>. but of course that would quite defy the point. > I think the most reasonable way is to use a common storage for all > documents, regardless of the publication they belong to. yes. and before someone shouts "network transparency" and "linking to pubs on other servers", that's probably quite simple if the original server acts as proxy and requests any external pages itself before passing them to the user.... -- "I don't need backups. I need restore!" - Trad. -- Jörn Nettingsmeier, EDV-Administrator Institut für Politikwissenschaft Universität Duisburg-Essen, Standort Duisburg Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Telefon: 0203/379-2736 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
