[topicmapmail] scoping names and variant names

[Jan Algermissen]

Richard Gregory wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> This may seem a really silly question, but I'm struggling to understand the difference between
> scoping a <baseName>, and using a <variant> of a <baseName> in XTM. When would you use one, rather
> than the other?

A variant name is *a variant of a name*, for example the same name
as a GIF file.

It is not another name besides the basename.

HTH,

Jan


> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Richard.
> 
> 
> 
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