2015-07-13 15:24 GMT+02:00 Daniel Kinzler <[email protected]>:
> Am 13.07.2015 um 13:00 schrieb Ricordisamoa:
>> I agree too.
>> Also note that property IDs are language-neutral, unlike english names of
>> templates, magic words, etc.
>
> As I said: if there is broad conseus to only use P-numbers to refer to
> properties, fine with me (note however that Lydia disagrees, and it's her
> decision). I like the idea of having the option of accessing properties via
> localized names, but if there is no demand for this possibility, and it's a 
> pain
> to implement, I won't complain about dropping support for that.
>
> But *if* we allow access to properties via localized unique labels (as we
> currently do), then we really *should* allow the same via unique aliases, so
> property labels can be chanegd without breaking stuff.

Providing this possibility IMHO is a good thing. If it is possible to
allow this kind of access to data without generating the End of the
Universe, I'm all for it. Then it *will* be difficult to deal with all
the problems, but I don't think this is a good reason NOT to try to
implement it.

-- 
Luca "Sannita" Martinelli
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Sannita

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