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RE: Using the concepts of Category Theory to createbetter XML

• From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
• To: "xml-dev@lists.xml.org" <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
• Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 17:20:37 +0000

> As part of your studies, please look up "general abstract nonsense".

From Wikipedia [1]:

    More generally, "abstract nonsense" may refer to any proof ... that uses 
    primarily category theoretic methods, or even to the study of category 
    theory itself. Note that referring to an argument as "abstract nonsense" is not 
    supposed to be a derogatory expression, and is actually often a compliment 
    regarding the sophistication of the argument.

Thanks Frank!

/Roger

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_nonsense

• References:
  • Using the concepts of Category Theory to create better XML datamodels
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
  • Re: Using the concepts of Category Theory to create betterXML data models
    • From: Frank Manola <fmanola@acm.org>