Re: [regrep] [RS Issue] Need clarification on comment on line 1410

["David Webber \(XML\)" <david@drrw.info>]

Matt,

Google and "The-way-back" machine teach us that retaining links
to old deprecated content can be valuable...

DW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew MacKenzie" <mattm@adobe.com>
To: "Duane Nickull" <dnickull@adobe.com>
Cc: "Goran Zugic" <gzugic@ebxmlsoft.com>; "Farrukh Najmi"
<Farrukh.Najmi@Sun.COM>; <regrep@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [regrep] [RS Issue] Need clarification on comment on line 1410


> Thinking in the abstract, if a target is deprecated is it also fair to
> assume references to it are deprecated?  Possibly yes, possibly no.
>
> Imaginary Use case:
>
> User "bob" has been deprecated as part of a reorganization.  "bob" has
> been given 3 months to transition his role to someone else ("mary"), and
> during that three months he shall continue in his job.  If Association
> to process objects define "bob"'s position, should those associations be
> deprecated?  I don't think so.  Why?  Because those associations will
> need to be transitioned to "mary".  Maybe this needs to be an optional
> flag on the deprecate request.
>
> Duane Nickull wrote:
>
> > Goran:
> >
> > That probably depends on the type of reference.  If it is a reference
> > (association) of "supercedes", it probably should not be deprecated.
> > On the other hand, if it is a reference as "includes", that is another
> > matter.
> >
> > I guess this is a wake up call for a good set of user guides ;-)
> >
> > Duane
> >
> > Goran Zugic wrote:
> >
> >> I like Duane's idea as well. However, I also think that in a such
> >> case we should also (automatically) deprecate all objects that
> >> reference the deprecated object. For example, it doesn't make sense
> >> to keep an Association with a "valid" status (approved) that
> >> references a deprecated object. It raises another question related to
> >> the  RS specs. What is the reason that we don't deprecate objects
> >> that reference objects that were deprecated after their creation?
> >
> >
> > <SNIP>
> >
>
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