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Re: Identification Problem [was: Re: Suggested EARL Changes]

From: Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:58:16 +0000 (GMT)
To: Jim Ley <jim@jibbering.com>
cc: <w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org>
Message-ID: <20011210145440.K627-100000@fenris.webthing.com>

On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Jim Ley wrote:

>  "Sean B. Palmer":
> > > > 03:15:33 <sbp> * Remove testSubject
> > > > 03:15:40 <sbp> * Add reprOf
> >
> > A resource is a thread; it has a number of entities
> > corresponsing to it over time.
>
> Certainly, although I don't see how we, when we're external to the
> resource, can know enough to state that some resource is newer version of
> the old.

This is an assertion.

In the context of what I'm doing, the webmaster asserts "this update
deals with that problem report" (may be more than one; may iterate,
etc).

But I'd like something a bit more specific than *just* an assertion.
A formalism for expressing this relationship.  Threading would indeed
meet this need.


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