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  1. OMG Issue

SBVR11 — 'Variable' should be renamed as 'formulaic variable' or its meaning clarified

  • Key: SBVR11-138
  • Legacy Issue Number: 16555
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Thematix Partners LLC ( Mr. Edward J. Barkmeyer)
  • Summary:

    Is a 'boolean variable' a proposition? It is defined to be a variable whose referents are truth values, and I have no idea whether it is a 'meaning'.

    I believe 'variable' is used in SBVR in the sense of 'formulaic variable' ... but it's not clear from its definition alone. The point needs to be clarified; otherwise, it will only continue to cause problems. We shouldn't have real-world words being used in a special sense in SBVR

  • Reported: SBVR 1.0 — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:00 GMT
  • Disposition: Resolved — SBVR 1.1
  • Disposition Summary:

    The term “boolean variable” is not used in the SBVR specification.
    The concept ‘variable’ is clearly defined in Clause 9 and all the kinds of its referents (instances) is made very clear in the Note in the entry for ‘variable’. The concept ‘variable’ is, of course, a meaning, The instances of the concept ‘variable’ are things in the universe of discourse. Propositions are meanings in an SBVR model.
    Revised Text:
    No change.
    Disposition: Closed, No Change Required

  • Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:58 GMT