Forum OpenACS Development: Re: relations in contacts package

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Posted by xx xx on
Dynamic creation of acs_rels sounds very good, not only to relate objects within the package, but also between packages. That would be very nice.

But is the use of the parties-structure really necessary? Can't you just use object_id and map the structure with roles/types/segments without a built-in hierarchy? I'm asking this because I would like to be able to add contact information to other (non-party) objects outside this package. For example, add contact information to existing relsegs and objects like events, activities, webpages, etcetera.

I don't know how hard that will be within this package, but I believe it will be an even greater addition to the toolkit.

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Posted by Jeroen van Dongen on
Hmm - yes. Nice idea. That would mean making this a new service, much like General Comments or Categories, which allows for defining arbitrary relations between arbitrary objects.

I think I'm gonna give that one a spin.