On ID "sameness"

[Arnold Rots]

I would have thought that one must look at the metadata for any
possible relationships when the IDs are _the same_.

  - Arnold

Roy Williams wrote:
> 
> "Sameness" is a matter of compring ID strings. If they are different, we
> must look to their metatdata for any possible relationships. We should not
> overload our ID with extra stuff and try to be all things to all people.
> 
> Roy
> 
> 
> 
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