Re: Simplify COMMENT and SECURITY LABEL documentation

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Simplify COMMENT and SECURITY LABEL documentation
Date: 2021-06-02 15:05:10
Message-ID: d015a28c-0e0b-a8d0-c2cc-5a56f9703332@enterprisedb.com
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On 01.06.21 17:56, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> +1 for the concept, but I feel that "live in" is a bit too informal
>> for this context. I'm too caffeine-deprived to instantly come up
>> with le mot juste; but perhaps "exist within" would be an improvement?
>
> The glossary uses "reside in".

I like that.

> I suppose that we should either use the same term that the glossary
> uses, or alternatively fix the glossary to use whatever term we decide
> to use here.
>
> I do notice now that I used the term "belong to" elsewhere in the
> glossary. That could use some cleanup.

I think "belong to" is a stronger relationship, like a column belongs to
a table. Kind of like DEPENDENCY_INTERNAL vs. DEPENDENCY_NORMAL.

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