[topicmapmail] Merging associations

[Joril Andersen]

This was my first question:
I was wondering why there is not mergIn method for associations in TMAPI? I 
know some implementations simply add the associations from the otherTopicMap 
to the new topicMap.

The new topic map being the new merged topic map. I have never considered 
the possibility of merging an association from a topic map to another, this 
would be strange..
Like the mergeIn(Topic), which is used by the mergeIn(Topicmap) or used 
internally in one topic map, this would also apply to the 
mergeIn(Association) method. I never considered anything else, I really 
dont' see any purpose in that?
In the tinyTIM impl. the associations are simply added without checking, 
that was what I was referring to.

Sorry if I made complications ; )

Joril

Joril Andersen
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>From: Lars Heuer <heuer at semagia.com>
>To: "Joril Andersen" <jorilandersen at hotmail.com>
>CC: topicmapmail at infoloom.com
>Subject: Re: [topicmapmail] Merging associations
>Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:18:49 +0200
>
>Hi Joril,
>
>I think we're talking about different things here.
>
>As I understood your first message about this topic, you wanted to
>copy an association from topic map A to topic map B *without* merging
>the both topic maps. And I understood that Murray wants to do the same.
>
>Now you're talking about the process of merging two topic maps (what's
>going on behind the scenes practically).
>
>I am a bit confused now. What do you want to do?
>a) *Copy* an association from one topic map to another (without
>    merging the topic maps)
>b) Merging topic maps with "duplicate" association suppression
>
>[...]
> > Do you agree?
>
>I don't know. ;) First, we should clarify the subject we're talking
>about. :)
>
>Best regards,
>Lars
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