Issue 16555: 'Variable' should be renamed as 'formulaic variable' or its meaning clarified (sbvr-rtf) Source: NIST (Mr. Edward J. Barkmeyer, edbark(at)nist.gov) Nature: Uncategorized Issue Severity: Summary: Is a 'boolean variable' a proposition? It is defined to be a variable whose referents are truth values, and I have no idea whether it is a 'meaning'. I believe 'variable' is used in SBVR in the sense of 'formulaic variable' ... but it's not clear from its definition alone. The point needs to be clarified; otherwise, it will only continue to cause problems. We shouldn't have real-world words being used in a special sense in SBVR Resolution: Revised Text: Actions taken: September 17, 2011: received issue Discussion: End of Annotations:===== m: "Donald Chapin" To: Subject: RE: issue 16555 -- SBVR RTF issue Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 13:49:15 -0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQG9bwd9vGjGiIMAqIUfMv4x1ouCJpW7ErKA X-Mirapoint-IP-Reputation: reputation=Good-1, source=Queried, refid=tid=0001.0A0B0301.4EB3ED5E.001C, actions=tag X-Junkmail-Premium-Raw: score=7/50, refid=2.7.2:2011.11.4.124215:17:7.944, ip=81.149.51.65, rules=__TO_MALFORMED_2, __TO_NO_NAME, __BOUNCE_CHALLENGE_SUBJ, __BOUNCE_NDR_SUBJ_EXEMPT, __SUBJ_ALPHA_END, __HAS_MSGID, __SANE_MSGID, __MIME_VERSION, __CT, __CTYPE_HAS_BOUNDARY, __CTYPE_MULTIPART, __CTYPE_MULTIPART_MIXED, __HAS_X_MAILER, __OUTLOOK_MUA_1, __USER_AGENT_MS_GENERIC, DOC_ATTACHED, __ANY_URI, LINK_TO_IMAGE, INFO_TLD, __FRAUD_CONTACT_NUM, __STOCK_PHRASE_24, ECARD_KNOWN_DOMAINS, __RUS_OBFU_PHONE, __CP_URI_IN_BODY, __C230066_P5, __HTML_MSWORD, __HTML_FONT_BLUE, __HAS_HTML, BODY_SIZE_10000_PLUS, BODYTEXTH_SIZE_10000_LESS, __MIME_HTML, __TAG_EXISTS_HTML, __STYLE_RATWARE_2, RDNS_GENERIC_POOLED, HTML_50_70, RDNS_SUSP_GENERIC, __OUTLOOK_MUA, RDNS_SUSP, FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=c2bthomr14.btconnect.com X-Junkmail-Signature-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A0B0201.4EB3EE07.0089,ss=1,vtr=str,vl=0,fgs=0, ip=0.0.0.0, so=2010-07-22 22:03:31, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=multiengine X-Junkmail-IWF: false The .Closed, No Change Required. disposition for Issue 16555 is attached as per Meeting Notes of the October 21, 2001 SBVR RTF teleon. From: Juergen Boldt [mailto:juergen@omg.org] Sent: 17 September 2011 12:46 To: issues@omg.org; sbvr-rtf@omg.org Subject: issue 16555 -- SBVR RTF issue X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 985974.18144.bm@omp1015.access.mail.sp2.yahoo.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1316209640; bh=DT3QjnAukZ155k6E7/ee2FFaBfIHaXpLccGj6kN7YQg=; h=Message-ID:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:X-Mailer:Date:To:From:Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=176D35832Ha86sajZigCNQoVSYHIRKuV8+QW4H8ONjLZx1pXtek4trSilMH1TMs07wCIzkPNR5oJ2tBcWVsVuhfDw9SYPIJ8NSPLfwVxYQuDAHOUPYrOuqUi5OrNuAaokiZhtVs3+vSFYsS4py5E9m7606/KkiLmHfkBNNdK9SI= X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: zUy.iWcVM1kyMLRJJ76hTrOB_7wTozryQmp_O2xsJfNBAO5 dx6bZ0ryJFpb7JsYwWYPCHA.3oUAm5KuADuHAZ2iPT2v7mSipIfzNASaeLqs yh0chRkvFJiSMNmrQY5jdxppA6vdIJHozf32EvBdq2.WQml73uKyfLZq2xtr FVxjO3wkithKEVAxxCtZriIXNXzW2jZ0VsFXzYaFq_2pGzqrWJYgikTsXqVD 5TdRwslUMVmqV85dhB9sndh68W9FW9issRWR2_8tqJq2AwQTNayLBW1eQMNJ h0YfkZPjkESMskLo0DuolYAmw0Y5_ixbhpmS4NFBLt.xKP_rzWIPhS99CtUQ ajyuxgQrh9f8CtV7u.T8mHef4AQZGavsOwLwf6N1n.P61JRerXHug_WpN6Ze SKr_9sLZvN0wEy0zlaf2oZ7fOBdbAhlalspEDrzX.5_qFA82OiCXZjsaWFRI 5pGwOZ0SDPbtVOrGWQin5f4TTH.Mam7Q4S5OrUgjyelrePqhvweTqxX3Ws.B KreD0Ss7WtcK8qNx8_g.QbzNnw1rPKKpigHgIPLnd2xD16ihmImuTAj90NE8 ntV8NNiG5GKShLdV9sL2d7mSdNPYSjLdIyaJw7F7_O.L4DkaNSMCUMMoSl_x y8i7o5RPZnnCn1b_2sLjnBy09aww7WIF9shV3z14Z X-Yahoo-SMTP: MhfrpU2swBDLgYiYhNQDHBu0cE4o.vu2We1FRN9o X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:47:13 -0500 To: Juergen Boldt From: "Ronald G. Ross" Subject: new SBVR issue Juergen, Please record the following as a new SBVR issue. Thanks, Ron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Issue: 'Variable' should be renamed as 'formulaic variable' or its meaning clarified. Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:34 From: Ed Barkmeyer To: keri CC: "sbvr-rtf@omg.org" , "date-time@omg.org" Subject: Re: meaning of 'proposition' Is a 'boolean variable' a proposition? It is defined to be a variable whose referents are truth values, and I have no idea whether it is a 'meaning'. I believe 'variable' is used in SBVR in the sense of 'formulaic variable' ... but it's not clear from its definition alone. The point needs to be clarified; otherwise, it will only continue to cause problems. We shouldn't have real-world words being used in a special sense in SBVR. Blog || http://www.RonRoss.info/blog/ LinkedIn || http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ronald-ross/1/3b/346 Twitter || https://twitter.com/Ronald_G_Ross Homepage || http://www.RonRoss.info Juergen Boldt Director, Member Services 140 Kendrick Street, Building A Suite 300 Needham, MA 02494 USA Tel: 781 444 0404 x 132 fax: 781 444 0320 www.omg.org Issue 16555 Disposition.doc