[Buildingdata] Re: Ex-buildings

[Ian Stuart]

The reason for asking was that the use-case for "change of name" can be 
extended to "end of name":

Change of name:
<The Yaron Cohen Center> --becomes--> <The Sharon Cohen Music Hall>

Loss of name:
<The Michael Martin Center> --becomes--> <http://foo.bar/destroyed>


On 12/12/11 15:40, Christopher Gutteridge wrote:
> Names change all the time. Building codes less often but when they
> change, I currently plan to only worry about modelling the present.
>
> Historical data is not unimportant, but it's not worth overcomplicating
> the main use-cases.
>
> On 12/12/2011 15:23, Ian Stuart wrote:
>> On 12/12/11 14:57, Nick Gibbins wrote:
>>> What happens when the University builds a new building with the
>>> number 86?
>> What happens when Building 42 is renamed Building 42a?
>> Is there a concept of timeliness (when they start&   when the end) to names?



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