[sc34wg3] a new name for the Reference Model

[Steve Pepper]

At 05:51 31.12.2002 -0500, Patrick Durusau wrote:
>Well, I certainly agree with that! Imagine someone underselling a work 
>with a title like "Principia Mathematica." Just a set of principles for 
>mathematics, should have called it: "Canonical Foundations for Mathematics 
>Using Advanced Notation and Modern Analysis." ;-)

Your Greek's better than mine, Patrick. Would Principia Kartatopia be a 
good name?

Seriously, though. It's quite obvious that the IAM is a metamodel - a model 
for defining other models - just as XML is a metalanguage - a language for 
defining other languages.

Steve

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