Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/developers-guide/parties.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/developers-guide/parties.xml,v diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/developers-guide/parties.xml 20 Aug 2003 16:20:18 -0000 1.5 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/developers-guide/parties.xml 11 Dec 2003 21:39:48 -0000 1.6 @@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ %myvars; ]> -Parties in OpenACS &version; +Parties in OpenACS -by Rafael H. Schloming +By Rafael H. Schloming @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ users) is that it is now possible to "nuke" a user from a live system by removing his entry from the users table, but leaving the rest of his information present (i.e. turning him from a user into a person). This is -because wherever possible the OpenACS &version; data model references the persons or +because wherever possible the OpenACS data model references the persons or parties table, not the users table. If this feature is desired when extending the system, then the developers should be careful to only references the users table in situations where it is clear that the @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ Specializing Groups -If one were to build an intranet application on top of the &version; party +If one were to build an intranet application on top of the party system, it is likely that one would want to take advantage of the systems efficient representation of sophisticated organizational structures, but there would be much more specialized information associated with each group.