This is the same approach that has been taken for the LDAP implementation. To make this possible, IDs must be globally unique. I support this approach as it lets the implementation to be less coupled to the technology used and facilitates interaction between different systems. On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Burke, S (Stephen) < stephen.burke@stfc.ac.uk> wrote:
glue-wg-bounces@ogf.org [mailto:glue-wg-bounces@ogf.org] On Behalf Of Warren Smith said:
* It is a flat structure with associations represented as references to the IDs of the associated entities.
* Many of the classes are included as top-level elements.
This sounds like what I've been suggesting for LDAP - that we should view the schema as basically a collection of independent objects linked together by embedded references, and any structure you get from the implementation (LDAP tree, XML hierarchy) is incidental.
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