topic associations in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/associations/m-p/21638#M10241 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I am confused about associations. Can you please tell me when should I create an "association", and in which case it should be a "child-association"?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to create a model, in which a "taskList" can have lots of "task"s.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Should I define it like:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&lt;type name="tl:taskList"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;parent&gt;cm:folder&lt;/parent&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;associations&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;association name="tl:taskOfTaskList"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;target&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;class&gt;tl:task&lt;/class&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;mandatory&gt;false&lt;/mandatory&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;many&gt;true&lt;/many&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/target&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/association&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/associations&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/type&gt;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>or like:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&lt;type name="tl:taskList"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;parent&gt;cm:folder&lt;/parent&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;associations&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;child-association name="tl:taskOfTaskList"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;target&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;class&gt;tl:task&lt;/class&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;mandatory&gt;false&lt;/mandatory&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;many&gt;true&lt;/many&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/target&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/child-association&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/associations&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/type&gt;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>Is there an example describing when to use association and when to use child-association?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:19:21 GMT turgayz 2006-02-01T15:19:21Z associations https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/associations/m-p/21638#M10241 Hi,I am confused about associations. Can you please tell me when should I create an "association", and in which case it should be a "child-association"?I am trying to create a model, in which a "taskList" can have lots of "task"s.Should I define it like:&lt;type name="tl:taskList"&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;pa Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:19:21 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/associations/m-p/21638#M10241 turgayz 2006-02-01T15:19:21Z Re: associations https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/associations/m-p/21639#M10242 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>A child association is used when there is a hierarchy between the associated nodes</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>An association is simply a link between two nodes and does not imply the same parent/child relationship.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Since, I presume, a task has a parent/child relationship with a task list then you should use a child association in this situation.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hope this helps,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Roy</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Feb 2006 11:23:12 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/associations/m-p/21639#M10242 rwetherall 2006-02-02T11:23:12Z