Alfredo Novoa wrote:
> On 15 nov, 19:13, Bob Badour <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>>Marshall wrote:
>
>>While I have used the term many times in the past, and I am sure I will
>>use it many times in the future, seeing this discussion has impressed
>>upon me how unimportant "attribute" is as a concept.
>>
>>The important concepts are tuples, propositions, predicates etc.
>
> I agree. I propose to ditch the term "attribute" and to use "heading
> element".
I wouldn't even bother with that. In a predicate or proposition, the
name is a variable name--either free or bound. In a tuple, the name is
also a variable name or the name of a dimension or um a domain name.
Received on Fri Nov 16 2007 - 11:06:06 CST
