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Hey Joe, >> The Assignment element connects the Lot and Picker. >> ["Assignment" is not really the correct name. Can someone >> think of a better name?] > Yes - Association. Yes, I like that much better than Assignment. Still, I am not quite satisfied with Association. It's such a general term. Can we come up with a name that is more specific, e.g., <Lot-Picker-Association picker="John" lot="1"/> Obviously, I really don't like that, but it is definitely more specific. > I would assert that this is a semantic association, more than a semantic > dependency. That is, the Picker can be removed from the lot (physically, > in the real world) yet the lot will still remain. And vice-versa. Good. Should I use the term association instead of dependency? Or, perhaps there is a "physical dependency", and a "semantic association"? /Roger
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