[uf-discuss] reconciling conflicting details

[brian suda]

Michael Leikam wrote:
> In an ideal world, I would discover only one announcement
> for any event, but I know that is not going to happen. 
> There are going to be multiple assertions about some events
> and the details will vary.  My worry is that they will vary
> in substantially.
>   
There is a UID for iCalendar which allows for a globally unique ID. URLs
also achieve the same thing. There is also a dtstamp, and date-modified
which allows you to figure out which is the most recent.

There was a discussion a few months ago on this topic.

Have a look in the mailing list archives for the discussion.

-brian