[Bug-gne]Format of Unique Article Identifier

[Dan Geiser]

Hello, All,
This might have been discussed recently but I've been way out of the loop.  
One possible (and simple) method of article identification is to use an 
number which can include one (or more) decimal points and have the portion 
of the number before the point be the article number and the portion after 
be the version number of that article.  Instead of having a set number of 
places before and after the decimal point we could leave it open to an 
infinite (potentially) number of decimal places.  So the first article 
submitted to the repository would be
1.0, the second would be 2.0, etc.  The initial revision to article 1 (i.e. 
the article itself) would be 1.0, the first "real" revision would be 1.1 and 
so on ... 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, etc.  
These are all revisions to the original article.

If someone made a revisions to article 1.2 then the version number could be 
1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.2.9, 1.2.01, etc.

It's important NOT to think of these article identifiers as numbers but 
instead just identifiers.  I think this system is completely extensible but 
I'm not assuming in the least that it's the best way to go about it.  Just 
food for thought.

Ultimately whatever identifer system is developed I'd like to know that it 
has the robustness that the above has, e.g. branching versions, etc.

Thanks Much!
Dan Geiser <address@hidden>

> From: address@hidden
> Reply-To: address@hidden
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: RE: [Bug-gne]Right/Wrong if editorship in GNE/Nupedia
> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 05:20:45 +0800
>
> > Oh, I stand corrected then.
> >
> > But can the link be permanent, in time, I mean, can it be there in 3
> years
> > still. Will it link to an updated version of the original post?
>
> Each posting has it's own unique identifier, so the reference is to the
> article nominated. If you store usenet posts for years (like DejaNews for
> example) the references remain intact.
>
> Paul
>
>
> > >From: "Imran Ghory" <address@hidden>
> > >Reply-To: address@hidden
> > >To: address@hidden
> > >Subject: RE: [Bug-gne]Right/Wrong if editorship in GNE/Nupedia
> > >Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 14:50:51 -0000
> > >
> > >On 11 Feb 2001, at 5:42, Christopher Mahan wrote:
> > >
> > > > There's a difference between the GNE of the future with 12 million
> > > > articles in it and Usenet: You can't link to other Usenet articles.
> > >
> > >Yes you can, each usenet article has a unique message ID and on
> > >most modern newsreaders you can click on a message-id to get
> > >the article in the same way as an http link.
> > >
> > >Imran
> > >
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