Thanks for the reply, Stuart. With the first question, I've updated the diagram to add an "Association" entity. (Technically, I don't think this is an entity but rather a specialization of a relationship.) This is based off some great work I saw at the NITRC. Take a look at the "Associations" section of these page:
http://www.nitrc.org/projects/fcon_1000/ http://www.nitrc.org/projects/fsl/ This fits the use case you describe and that of modules that would be a part of a Drupal installation or how djatoka can be a component of several different projects. Regarding the second question, I think of standards as a kind of "technology". I've added "standard" to the list of enumerations at http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Registry_E-R_Diagram Peter On Aug 3, 2011, at 7:06 PM, stuart yeates wrote: > Two points: > > (1) The model seems appears not to capture "Project A builds on Project > B" This will make the model less-than-optimal for comparing (for > example) an open source Project A with an propriety Project B when B is > a fork of A. > > (2) Standards. They appear not to be mentioned at all. > > cheers > stuart -- Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.org tel:+1-678-235-2955 Ass't Director, Technology Services Development http://dltj.org/about/ LYRASIS -- Great Libraries. Strong Communities. Innovative Answers. The Disruptive Library Technology Jester http://dltj.org/ Attrib-Noncomm-Share http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
