[sc34wg3] Illustrating SIDPs

[Jan Algermissen]

Robert Barta wrote:

> That's my point. The lack of a proper formalism is the source of
> confusion.  We as TM community have - whatever the history might be -
> allowed for too long to work in fluff-space. This costs enormous
> amounts of energy to explain ourselves to each other.  So our
> advantage that most of us are pragmatists also may turn against us.

I agree 100%!

In fact, IMHO, we look rediculous when compared with other fields that
deal with data management (e.g. RDBMS technology). The RM has always been
an attempt to overcome this situation, though I admit that it has not managed
to do this yet. But we are surely on our way.

Jan



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