MOF14 — The Metadata architecture needs to move away from the 4 levels and labels

The Metadata architecture needs to move away from the 4 levels and labels: and refer to them as an example for straightforward cases such as database modeling. Other non 4-layer examples are also needed. While the MOF spec does point out that "M1-level and M2-level are relative labels", in practice the labels are applied quite rigidly and this positively causes confusion, sterile arguments, and in some cases harm to specifications as people grapple with whether a class belongs to M1 or M2 and if the former then it should be excluded "since the RFP asks for a M2 model". An example of the problems can be found in section 13.2 of the SPE joint submission (adtf/00-00-05) though they (wrongly IMHO) think the solution is in UML not MOF. This will not change the MOF spec but how it is applied and models developed hence the severity of 'significant'.