Re: WWW/Internet 2009: 2nd CFP until 21 September
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:03:54 GMT
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"paul c" <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> wrote in message
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> Mr. Scott wrote:
> ...
>> Pardon the pun, but your argument appears to be more applicable to
>> inapplicable nulls. ...
>
> Oh, here we go again, more twists and turns. I think Darwen said the
> record for the number of different kinds of nulls was somewhere in the
> twenties.
>
>
This is one of the more screwy discussions among theoreticians. You have to
draw a difference between indication and inference.
The only thing that a null INDICATES is that data is missing. The reason
why data is missing is either INFERENCE on the part of the reader, or else
it's an out of band message (a metamessage) between the writer and the
reader.