[Buildingdata] Re: Ex-buildings

Alex Bilbie abilbie at lincoln.ac.uk
Mon Dec 12 15:29:14 GMT 2011


What about embedding the previous building's meta inside the new no.86 record under some sort of "previous structure" namespace?

Alex




On 12 Dec 2011, at 15:08, Christopher Gutteridge wrote:

> Yes...
> 
> 
> On 12/12/2011 14:57, Nick Gibbins wrote:
>> What happens when the University builds a new building with the
>> number 86?
>> 
>> Nick
>> 
>> On 12 Dec 2011, at 14:53, Christopher Gutteridge wrote:
>> 
>>> I've just seen a portacabin building dismantled;
>>> http://data.southampton.ac.uk/building/86.html is gone!!
>>> 
>>> I'm wondering if it makes sense to have a class for ex-buildings, so
>>> that if something refers to it, it's explicitly a demolished building
>>> (well, carried away on trucks in our case) rather than just a 404.
>>> 
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