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michal_k
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8 years ago

What exactly is namespace

Hello,   I read this documentation and I did not understand, what exactly is meant by "namespace" which is being locked. The documentation sais this:   "You can think of a namespace as a collecti...
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    Steve M.
    8 years ago

    'Does it mean that every private (aka not shared) folder has it own namespace and this namespaces are in hierarchy?"

     

    No, a folder doesn't represent a new namespace unless it's a shared folder or team folder.

     

    In your example, assuming none of those folders are shared, everything is part of the same namespace.

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Steve M.
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8 years ago

'Does it mean that every private (aka not shared) folder has it own namespace and this namespaces are in hierarchy?"

 

No, a folder doesn't represent a new namespace unless it's a shared folder or team folder.

 

In your example, assuming none of those folders are shared, everything is part of the same namespace.

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