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Roger L. Costello wrote: >>>>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. > hmmm... I wonder how the manager would say it. Would he say: "John is associated with lot 1" or perhaps "John is assigned to lot 1" -Rob > > Let me try to give a better explanation why I am uncomfortable with both > Assignment and Association. Suppose that Association is used: > > <Association picker="John" lot="1"/> > > Consider the task of stating the relationship between the Picker and the > Lot. How would you verbalize it? > > "The Picker is associated with the Lot" > > What does that mean? It's very vague, to the point of being meaningless. I > want the relationship to be more specific, e.g., > > "The Picker is located on the Lot" > > Perhaps, then, I should use this: > > <LocatedOn picker="John" lot="1"/> > > Hmm, that doesn't seem right either. Suggestions? /Roger >
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