[sc34wg3] Scope in the dRM

[Steve Pepper]

Judging by the first diagram in the draft Reference Model document posted 
by Steve and Michel, scope is no longer part of the Reference Model. This 
surprised me because I had the impression as recently as three weeks ago 
(at KT2002 in Seattle) that it *was* part of the RM...

[I would how can something as fundamental as this can change so quickly -- 
and when can we consider the reference model to be reasonably stable from 
the authors' point of view? Sigh.]

Having now read Steve's comments on Graham's paper on scope, in particular 
the following:

>I want to promote the whole scoping facility up and out
>of the Reference Model and into the SAM.  Here's why:
>...

I realise that scope really is now gone from the Reference Model. Obviously 
this is something that needs to be discussed seriously. Is everybody happy 
with this?

It also raises the question whether Steve and Michel consider the document 
that they just posted to be a full and complete exposition of the Reference 
Model. Is there anything at all that you haven't told us about yet, or can 
we assume that this is it?

Final question: What do you consider to be the relationship between PMTM4 
and the draft Reference Model? Do you intend to continue to maintain and 
further develop PMTM4, or do you consider it to have been superceded?

Steve

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