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The DAM will have a concept of originals, where the asset file you upload is kept as an original that you can revert an asset back to later on.

Alternative 1 - Separate workspaces

Assets in one workspace, originals in another.

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Alternative 2 - Separated by path

Assets under /assets and originals under /originals

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Alternative 3 - Mixed in the same tree

Since an asset refers to exactly one master we could have a tree of folders and originals with the assets as sub nodes of the original.

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Additionally

Q: What is the id/name of an original? Is it important at all?

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We must remove the original when the last asset linking to it is removed

Future improvements

Reuse of content when asset and original is identical

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