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Optionally support orphans in repository #219

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@enikao

An orphan node is a node present in the repository that is not mentioned in any other node as containment or annotation, and is not a partition.

A repository MAY support orphans by keeping them in a special place called trash (#217)

We cannot create orphans explicitly.

A node becomes an orphan if it already exists in the repository, but the node's id is removed from its parent containment/annotation,
and the node is not moved to another parent in the same operation.

Orphans could be a #218.

If some other node does reference the orphan, the repository MUST NOT update/change that reference.
Rationale: We in general do support unresolved or unresolvable references.

Questions:

  • What about references to orphans? Do they resolve?

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