Re: MV Keys

"Jon Heggland" <heggland_at_idi.ntnu.no> wrote in message news:MPG.1e77dd36ef215d5989796_at_news.ntnu.no...
> In article <N5hPf.56961$dW3.6378_at_newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>,
> brian_at_selzer-software.com says...
> > > Why? And what do you mean by "arriving at a list of widgits through
the
> > > use of the combinatorial rules of the universe"?

> > I think I made my point clear earlier. The universe is the set of all
> > possible values that are relevant to the discussion at hand and a set of
> > rules for combining those values to form composite values, or
propositions.
> > Composite values are indeed propositions. If you have values A and B
and
> > group them together, then "A is associated with B" is a true statement.

> I disagree.

You are agreement but you use different words to talk about the same stuff.

>A value in itself is not a fact.

It is from the moment you conceive it.
I think you are disagreeing on what is universe of discourse.

>In the context of the RM,
> only tuples in relations are facts. The cartesian point (2,3) is not a
> fact; the numbers 2 and 3 don't become more associated with each other
> just because I refer to this point. Only when it is put into a relation
> can it become (part of) a fact, e.g. "A FooBar is located at (2,3)".

All the values in the active domains are facts (including relations) Received on Wed Mar 08 2006 - 10:21:14 CET