Re: Associations in TM/XML

Hi Robert,

[...]
> association only at one of the players. Or is it an error to have it
> at both? Or is both acceptable to allow flexible output depending on  
> the requirements of the the TM/XML consuming process.

Acc. to my understanding this wouldn't be an error, just an redundant
information.

> Lastly, i wonder how should a deserializer recognize that two
> elements correspond to the same association (without item  
> identifiers)? The deserialization procedure at [2] seems to create  
> two distinct association statements.

Well, the TMDM equality rules would kick in an merge the associations:
<http://www.isotopicmaps.org/sam/sam-model/#sect-association>

    """
    Equality rule: Association items are equal if the values of their
    [scope], [type], and [roles] properties are equal.
    """

Best regards,
Lars
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