[ticker-dev] Re: Distribution tag

[Julian Boot]

David Arnold wrote:

>   Julian> The differnce between a Domain tag and a Destination tag is
>   Julian> that the former describes something about the producer while
>   Julian> the latter describes a property of the consumer.  The latter
>   Julian> is Bad(tm) in elvin...
> 
> i think this is the core of the issue.

yes, but we seem to have crossed lines.  I was not suggesting
renaming Distribution to Domain.

> use of a list of "domains" in which the info was valid/relevant
> (ie. "dstc,qld,au,world") *might* achieve what was desired, but it's
> not clear if there was an hierarchical containment implicit in the
> values from "local" to "world".

this is the same is Distribution.  Domain was suggested as a
"producer" attribute. and would contain eg "DSTC", "Monash", etc.
thus domain.group provides hierarchical naming scheme, albeit
virutal.

> i guess there's some scenario that triggered this request, which might
> be worth some more detail.  i'm not convinced that a Usenet-style
> "Distribution" tag is a useful addition to Tickertape, at this stage.

agreed.

-J