Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
[...]
>
> In my world the main difference between a replica and a mirror is
> consistency. A mirror can (intentionally or accidently) diverge somewhat
> >from the original, while a replica must be a exact copy at the time the
> replica is made or at least be able to tell what is not. Replication can
> also be two-way while mirroring is always a one-way relation.
>
> A example of a intentionally diverged mirror is where part of the
> information contained in the mirror is not replicated from a origin
> source but produced locally for the specific mirror.
>
In practice: do you know of many replicas not being mirrors,
acoording to this definition ?
if not, than there would be no point in defining an inexisting practice
in the taxonomy document, and we should stick to 'mirror' only.
--w
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