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Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] :zz: No Right Answer (was: Re: Conjoinment
Okay! We agree !-)
Best, T
At 09:22 AM 11/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>> I think that within the overall loose guidelines, there is
>> not likely to be an exact determinate answer. Systems
>> can be built on ZigZag with *additional* rules which
>> would make these answers determinate.
>
>Well, that was my whole point. I started the discussion by saying
>
>> Users must be able to provide their own semantics for dimensions.
>
>and then I gave several examples of `additional rules', such as:
>
> * Dimension A is conjoint to dimension B.
> * Dimension A is symmetric
> * Dimension A is transitive
>
>
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