Re: what are keys and surrogates?
From: mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org>
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:02:32 +0100
Message-ID: <47816ba3$0$85792$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>
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> Wuh-wuh? Its generally agreed that 'entity' is a synonym for
> 'thing' (according to them dictionary jibjobs) so you seem have
> written: "an entity is a proposition treated as an entity". Er...
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:02:32 +0100
Message-ID: <47816ba3$0$85792$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>
JOG wrote:
> rpost wrote:
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>> For me, an entity is a proposition treated as a thing >> (i.e. used as a reference rather than a description).
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> Wuh-wuh? Its generally agreed that 'entity' is a synonym for
> 'thing' (according to them dictionary jibjobs) so you seem have
> written: "an entity is a proposition treated as an entity". Er...
(cdt glossary)
[Entity]
Thing of interest. (ISO)
(Aside: I know the original text was at http://www.iso.ch:8000/RM-ODP/part2/6.html but even with the help of the wayback machine, e.g. http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.iso.ch I could not find it.)
A thing, yes, but not just any thing. A thing of interest.
This does have implications.
If we do not share the interest, we cannot define the entity.
-- What you see depends on where you stand.Received on Mon Jan 07 2008 - 01:02:32 CET