RE: Questions on modified Extended Attribute format?

"David B. Nelson" <d.b.nelson@comcast.net> Wed, 09 January 2008 15:48 UTC

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Subject: RE: Questions on modified Extended Attribute format?
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:43:27 -0500
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Avi Lior writes...

> An attribute can appear standalone and also be included in a group 
> (for that matter, in many groups).  The definition of the attribute 
> is the same in both cases, but the semantics is different right?

I'm confused by this.  The "definition" of the attribute consists of syntax
(format) and semantics (meaning).  What does it means to say that the
definition is the same but the semantics (meaning) is different?




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