> 2. I happen not to like very much using the word "meta-policy" to
> describe this proposal, for several reasons some of which would be too
> long to explain in this message. Basically, I regard Anne's technique
> mainly as a way to define how a global policy can be deployed in
> distributed, independently maintained retrieval units.
i agree. from past discussions, the 'term-meta' policy has lead to the
implication an entity unto itself. as ernesto points out anne's approach seems
to be a refinement of the internal resolution mechanism.
b