Object Versions
The main unit which is used in Deltanji is an object version. This is a logical grouping of one or more components at a specific stage of development.
The full, unique object version name is made up of three parts and is given in the form:
object base / variant . version
e.g. XYZ/A.0
In the above example, XYZ is the object base, A is the variant and 0 is the version number.
The object base is normally used to group together a unitary part of the application software. In practical terms, for an image, an object base would typically be a web page and the associated graphics files.
A variant is used to identify a high-level design difference. Any number of variants can exist in parallel over an extended period of time. It can be used, for example, for different language versions (English/Spanish/French), a customized version, or a major difference between two versions of an object. Variants are also useful when used in conjunction with systems, handling code entities that have the same name in multiple applications but different content.
Note: Each part of the object version name needs to comply with the valid naming conventions.
Object vs. Object Version
In Deltanji, the combination of object base and variant is known as an object. It has a unique, two-part name, e.g. XYZ/A
Each instance of the object also has a version number. The version is incremented
by one every time a change is made to the object, for example because of a correction,
a bug fix, the addition of new information or the development of new functionality.
XYZ/A.4, for example, is version number 4 of object XYZ/A.
Letters, numbers and most punctuation characters can be used. The version number is always an integer.
The maximum length of a full object version name is sixty characters.
A component can only be registered to Deltanji when it belongs to an object version. Each object version can have several components of different types.
A single component may belong to more than one different object. Also, the same version of a component may belong to more than one version of the same object.
See Also: Objects Folder, Managing Objects, Components