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Re: demise of sun.com

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From	Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
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Subject	Re: demise of sun.com
Date	Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:29:01 +0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:21:35 -0700, Lew wrote:

> Consider instead a search solution along the lines Martin mentioned for
> RFCs. Links can still be maintained, according to a triage system of
> need and benefit. But they need not be, given a search system that
> elicits the same connections on demand.
> 
> The search system complexity and deficiencies are completely independent
> of the article base, and presumably bounded.
>
<nitpicking>
There is a small dependency. In systems like the RFC search each article 
has to unambiguously reference the one it is obsoleting and (probably) 
needs to share some common terms in the title or abstract: these 
represent a small burden on the author when the article is written but 
should need no maintenance thereafter. 

It should also be simple for the search system to automatically add a 
forward link to the article it obsoletes or extends when its added to the 
database. 
</nitpicking>


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