The "awesome_nested_set" gem is used to manage hierarchical data structures using the nested set model. This is particularly useful for representing trees or hierarchical data (like categories, ...
The example given here doesn't actually change if you set nested_model_default_partial_update to False, so it's not clear to me what that flag actually does. Playing around with it, it seems ...
Abstract: The paper addresses the problem of representing, managing and exchanging hierarchically structured data in the context of Digital Library (DL) systems in order to enhance the access and ...