>I wonder if symbolic links are the right conceptual model
here.
>Really what you have in the articles is two types of
information:
>'content,' with components that are closely bound and are
>relatively isolated from anything external; and then apart
from
>content some kind of 'package', consisting of components
that
>are configured to arrange and express the article content
in
>the environment in which it's referenced.
>
>This suggests that article_content might be disconnected
from
>topics altogether, and then joined with (at least one)
>article_package, of which there may be many versions
>registered under different topics, but all referencing the
>same article_content.
>
>Maybe looking at it this way gets us out of having to think
>about the problems of which is the 'master' article, and
where
>should it be located.
>
>Make any sense, or does this just muddy the waters?
Damn your beautiful Paul! This is EXACTLY what I was
thinking/talking about, but couldn't explain it right.
Right on target!!!! You explained it perfectly and even
expanded upon some new areas I hadn't thought of.
Todd Daniel Woodward
Technical Consultant
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