TOOL: DDI Compendium
ISSUE: Glossary IDs are duplicated
Date Discovered: 02/02/2012
Description:
I have noticed that certain ID numbers are being duplicated. This
results in uri failures if the id is used as the sole reference.
As such the following uri
http://www.wizards.com/dndinsider/compendium/glossary.aspx?id=27
resolves to the spider entry and no id exists for athletics under the
glossary
instead athletics appears in skills with the same id
http://www.wizards.com/dndinsider/compendium/skill.aspx?id=27
Similar patterns exist with other glossary items. Specifically, this
was seen in items with a category of "Skills" and a Type of "Rules
Other". The patterns was not seen in
glossary items with a category of "Skills" and a Type of "Keyword".
Thus it is assumed that at some point errors were introduced to the
XML or that
design specifications changed to split skills into two types. The
"keyword" type refers directly to the glossary id. The "rules other"
type refers to the compendium
skill id and not the compendium glossary id.
Example:
<Glossary>
<ID>27</ID>
<Name>spider</Name>
<Category>Monsters</Category>
<Type>Keyword</Type>
<SourceBook>Monster Manual 2, Monster Manual, Rules Compendium,
Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale</SourceBook>
</Glossary>
<Glossary>
<ID>27</ID>
<Name>Athletics</Name>
<Category>Skills</Category>
<Type>Rules Other</Type>
<SourceBook>Player's Handbook, Rules Compendium</SourceBook>
</Glossary>