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Thanks, Kate On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 3:43 PM Santiago Torres Arias <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I finally got myself some time to collect some initial topics regarding > the linking profile for 3.0. I was thinking of adding individual > threads, but I think that for now maybe we want to make sure we are > bringing the priority topics forward. Here are the things I was thinking > of discussing: > > 1. The name. I recall integration being suggested by Nisha, and having > some pushback on linking (as it is reminiscent of http hyperlinking). > I'm not too against integration profile, I like "artifact flow" but > that's a mouthful. Ideas welcome! > > 2. The existing overlap with the current relationship property. It feels > they fill similar roles, yet there are nuances. Here's what I could > gather: > > - Relationships are intended to document *how* artifacts connect to each > other. I may be missing a little context here so I'd appreciate to > have more ideas around this. > > - ~links~ are intended to provide artifact flow integrity (i.e., to > ensure these relationships are integral). They also focus on > authenticating creators and consumers > > 3. If this overlap is taken care of this properly means: > - not-links could be "secure relationships", which opens the can of > worm of inheritance vs reference vs contains > > - not-links could be a completely different animal (e.g., an > annotation) and as such we can take the conversation in another > direction. > > I think these are the overarching discussions to have. I believe that > probably figuring out 2 will set the tone for 3, so we can probably > start there :) > > I hope this helps stirring discussion! > > Cheers! > -Santiago > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3880): https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-tech/message/3880 Mute This Topic: https://lists.spdx.org/mt/73362126/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-tech/unsub [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
