Eric Armstrong wrote:
>
> My expectation was that the combination of
> * username
> * system name
> * timestamp
>
> is necessary for unqiue identification.
>
> The use of system name was necessary to avoid overlapping
> timestamps, since two systems *could* have different clocks,
> and a person could easily create a node from two different
> systems.
>
> Unfortunately, that is a lot of overhead for every node.
> I didn't see a better solution, at the time, but I'll
> happily entertain a better idea!
If you specify this information on a per-document basis rather than
a per-node basis and let the document act as the "namespace" you'll
not be adding much overhead at all.
Murray
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XML Technology Center
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