itaps-parallel Diagram of set-based parallel data

[Onkar Sahni]

I do not really know what the question is but its like asking why we use
entity-handle in the interface. In our implementation
(classification-based), parts and partitions are represented explicitly.

- Onkar

> Why must we expose parts and partitions through the interface?  In a
> classification-based implementation they aren't represented explicitly
> either.  Working with mesh-based data is just as much working the
> metadata on the mesh as it is working with the mesh itself, and sets are
> fundamental to many kinds of metadata.
>
> - tim