Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/object-identity.html =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/object-identity.html,v diff -u -N -r1.43 -r1.43.2.1 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/object-identity.html 7 Jun 2008 20:28:50 -0000 1.43 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/object-identity.html 10 Jun 2009 22:24:08 -0000 1.43.2.1 @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ - -Object Identity

Object Identity

By Rafael H. Schloming

+ +Object Identity

Object Identity

By Rafael H. Schloming

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One of the major design features of OpenACS 5.4.2 is the explicit representation -of object identity. The reason I say "explicit -representation" is because the concept of object identity has been +of object identity. The reason I say "explicit +representation" is because the concept of object identity has been around forever. It is inherent to our problem domain. Consider the example of 3.x style scoping. The 3.x data models use the triple (user_id, group_id, scope) to identify an object. In the 5.4.2 data model this