Node definition

The site is organised around a tree structure.

I hope I am using terminology correctly when I say that the Windows directory tree is a DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) whereas you have to use links with discipline to maintain the Unix file system as a DAG.

Why should the site be a DAG?

The first reason is because we are developing over a heterogenous server platform set we must restrict ourselves to the lowest common features of the Operating Systems which we develop on.

Secondly it is much easier to write scripts which recurse down a DAG than a Cyclic Graph, as you can get into loops.

Node Naming Conventions

In accordance with the site conventions the nodes should be short and contain no spaces. It is better to invent a short initialised name than to use a name over 8 charaters. Node names should only contain capitals if they are initials.

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