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

[dirk husemann]

Argent Stonecutter wrote:
> 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".
ah, ok, i'm getting that one now. thx for the patience to explain!

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