On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 4:09 PM, James Taylor james@jamestaylor.org wrote:
I have not tested the patch, just read it, but won't this result in dataset names like:
"Some operation on data 27 (Some operation on data 26 (Some other operation on data 25 (...(...(...))))"
Potentially - it depends on how the tools use $on_string.
If the tools added a postscript you'd get:
"Original dataset (as tabular) (filtered) (...)"
Neither is ideal. I'd prefer to see something more like this tag idea: https://trello.com/c/JnhOEqow
What about my suggestion that for simple format conversion tools we simply reuse the input dataset's name unchanged (without text about the conversion)? That seems a good compromise.
(avoiding this is why we came up with HIDs in the first place).
I don't like the HIDs - unlike dataset names, the HIDs are not entirely reproducible - they depend on the order of upload, was it a clear history, etc.
Peter