Commit abc6e417 by Tom Laudeman

Fixing format of table of contents

parent be5ff7a6
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### Table of contents
[Multiple names, alternate names, components](#multiple-names,-alternate-names,-components)
[How versioning works](#how-versioning-works)
[Foreign key related records](#foreign-key-related-records)
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[Identical text tables](#identical-text-tables)
### Multiple names, alternate names, components
A constellation may have multiple names. All names are in table name related to the constellation by main_id
as with all first order data. Alternate names are names in all senses, and are only distinguished by having a
less than maximum preference score. We assume that "preferred" name is dependent on context, and that the context
is outside the name table. There will be a function that when given a constellation and a user's account will
return names in preferred order. That function may be complex, and its behavior will be determined by
policy.
Names are parse by software into components. Primarily, components exist to separate surname from the rest of
he components, and even then, surname is the "alphabetical listing" name. This concept varies widely by local
custom. The parser may create many components for a name, but as the concepts of "name" and "component" are
very fluid, this aspect is nothing more than a software guess. In fact, there may be no canonical list or
ordering of components. The database allows a single list and a single ordering. As policy evolves this may
change.
### How versioning works
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