[sldev] [META][AWG]log chat of AWG meeting Friday, Oct 5, 2007

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 08-Oct-2007, at 08:16, John Hurliman wrote:
> In the current model, only changing the asset data itself causes a  
> new asset to be created. An asset consists of the data + metadata  
> which includes name, description, and permissions. This works out  
> pretty well because a lot of people might be running the same  
> script, or the same notecard might be handed out to 500 different  
> people, or a popular clothing item might be owned by a large number  
> of people. In those cases where nothing has changed in the asset  
> data, they all link to the same uuid to download the actual data  
> but the metadata is different for each one (at a minimum the  
> OwnerID is changed).
>
> That's just a description of the current model, but I think  
> something similar might be a good approach for the future.

Right, that metadata is what I'm referring to as "properties".