Roy Williams wrote:
>>> On p.7, the paragraph beginning "The order in which words are
>>> arranged..."
>>> seems like circular reasoning to me. It says the order matters only
>>> if the
>>> order matters. I think the standard should be clear on this -- does
>>> the
>>> order matter or not? The text elsewhere suggests yes.
>>
>
> My understanding is that the first word matters because it is the
> primary type. Each subsequent word modifies what goes before. Think of
> a ucd "A; B; C; D" as "((((A) B) C) D)". For example:
>
> stat.mean; phys.temperature; arith.diff; stat.max
> The maximum of the difference of two mean temperatures
stat.mean is not allowed as primary word...
You probably mean phys.temperature;stat.mean;arith.diff;stat.max
> I agree. This should be "arith.ratio: phys.temperature"
Nope, again arith.ratio is not allowed as primary word.
Double confusing, isn't it?
We need a coffee, or rather, at this time for us in Europe, a beer...
Alberto Received on 2004-11-24Z17:52:17