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Andrew,

Before our messages get too long to be easy reading I am splitting this
one up a bit.

On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 19:59 +0000, Andrew S. Townley wrote:
> On 1 Nov 2010, at 6:55 PM, Patrick Durusau wrote:
> 
> > Andrew,
> > 

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> > 
> > Actually whether the properties and their values are the "same," is a
> > decision I would leave up to the legend designer. 
> > 
> > That is there could be a rule that says:
> > 
> > If fullname = "Patrick Durusau" and SSN = "***-**-****", same subject,
> > so that merging would happen even if those properties were in separate
> > containers. 
> > 
> 
> I think I agree, but what do you mean by "container" here?  Is it a property?  Is it a proxy?  Is it an alias for a property across proxy instances?
>
> Basically, this type of merging is what I've done in my implementation so far.  It also does a "same type" & "same property" & "same value" check that will determine whether merging can happen or not.
> 

I was trying to be implementation neutral but you could use the term
"proxy." Containment being in the sense of properties of a particular
subject and not necessarily a set, list, bag, or some other particular
data structure. How your application tracks those properties as grouped
for a particular subject being entirely application-dependent.

Yes?

Hope you are having a great day!

Patrick