From c7c1a571e5fcd4d7f5431b8dfe0adbd727d28c91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Antoine R. Dumont (@ardumont)" <antoine.romain.dumont@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 16:28:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs/data-model: Update visits chapter definition

Hinting at the origin_visit_update model

Related to T2310
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 docs/data-model.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/data-model.rst b/docs/data-model.rst
index fc1639d3..2e311619 100644
--- a/docs/data-model.rst
+++ b/docs/data-model.rst
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ provenance information in the Software Heritage archive:
   Software Heritage clock) the visit happened and the full snapshot of the
   state of the software origin at the time.
 
+.. note::
+  This model currently records visits as a single point in time. However, the
+  actual visit process is not instantaneous. Loaders can record successive
+  changes to the state of the visit, as their work progresses, as updates to
+  the visit object.
 
 Data structure
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