SBVR11 — "Nominalization" Needs to Be Renamed

Problem Statement: "Nominalization" is currently defined in Clause 9.2.8 to be a logical formulation. This usage of the term is counterintuitive for several reasons.
(1) Logical formulations are a way of structuring meaning particular to SBVR.
(2) "Nominalization" can be used to mean the 'process' of nominalizing, rather than the result of nomalization, as usually preferred in SBVR.
(3) "Nominalization" should be included in SBVR under its real-world (MWUD) meaning.

Resolution:

1. Change each instance of "nominalization" in Clause 9.2.7 and 9.2.8 to "nominalizing formulae".

2. Inspect every other instance of "nominalization" in SBVR to determine whether it refers to "a nominalizing formulae" or to the process of nominalization ("nominalizing"), and adjust accordingly.

***Note: This includes the definition of the critical term "state of affairs" (in the convenience document available as of 8/2011).

3. Add concepts, definitions, and terms for the three kinds of results from the process of nominalization, and if appropriate, a more general concept for the three (probably called nominalization).

Note: It needs to be determined where in SBVR these entries should be included.

SBVR is clear that a ‘nominalization’ is a kind of logical formulation and uses the term consistently. Since there is no ambiguity within the SBVR specification or no significant likelihood of misinterpreting the SBVR specification based on a different widely-used meaning for the term, making such a wide-spread change is not justified.
Revised Text:
No change.
Disposition: Closed, No Change Required