Re: [Tools-discuss] Setting replaced-by

[Robert Sparks <[e-mail]>]

On 2/23/21 11:19 AM, Carsten Bormann wrote:
> On 2021-02-23, at 16:29, Robert Sparks <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/23/21 8:40 AM, Russ Housley wrote:
>>> Carsten:
>>>
>>> The Datatracker has both replaces and replaced-by pointers.
>> The datatracker only stores replaces pointers - it computes replaced-by.
>>
>> Editing the relationship is only currently possible at the document that does the replacing. And I think that's right. Carsten, for the use case you're talking about, you will almost certainly be able to operate on the document that is doing the replacing or know someone who can.
> My use case actually was as an author of the replaced document.
> So I’ll have to talk to the author of the replacing document, and it’s still somehow hard for them to get this status in there (for good reasons!).
> Gets the whole thing in the “not worth the effort” category too easily.
>
>> Replaces is many-to-many. A document can replace several other documents. A document can be replaced by several other documents. Keeping a clear understanding of authority for replaces requires careful attention.
> I agree.
> I was just trying to make it easier for the author of a replaced document to acknowledge that their work has been superseded.
>
> (If we need a rendezvous here to make the relationship happen, that’s fine too.)
How about "suggests has been replaced by" that sends a note to the 
secretariat?
>
> Grüße, Carsten
>