how to proceed with changed:

Let my try to summarise the discussion: 1) changed has a fuzzy definition, a more concise audit trail attribute should replace it. A concrete proposal is needed. David has already thought about this. Want to write it up. Do *not* call it changed:! 2) I porposed to exclude changed: from answers to normal queries. Present the changed attribute only when the query contains a special flag (like -c). The only serious problem with the proposal I have read so far is the comparison for deleting an object. This could be changed to exclude changed: attributes. Anything I am missing? Daniel