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Recommendation on terminology for the Frame components, in Design Guide (English): |
Recommendation on terminology for the Frame components, in Design Guide (English): |
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Change descriptive label from "Objects" to "Things" (on the left side of the Frame). |
'''Change descriptive label from "Objects" to "Things" (on the left side of the Frame).''' |
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Rationale: [1.] "Thing" (*) is the more common and vernacular term, typically learned earlier in one's vocabulary, and it is the shorter word with fewer syllables than "Object"; [2.] "Object" is the more generalized term (thereby more ambiguous) which (in older kids' OO terminology) subsumes the instances of Party/Person, Place, and Thing. |
Rationale: [1.] "Thing" (*) is the more common and vernacular term, typically learned earlier in one's vocabulary, and it is the shorter word with fewer syllables than "Object"; [2.] "Object" is the more generalized term (thereby more ambiguous) which (in older kids' OO terminology) subsumes the instances of Party/Person, Place, and Thing. |
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 24 December 2006
Recommendation on terminology for the Frame components, in Design Guide (English):
Change descriptive label from "Objects" to "Things" (on the left side of the Frame).
Rationale: [1.] "Thing" (*) is the more common and vernacular term, typically learned earlier in one's vocabulary, and it is the shorter word with fewer syllables than "Object"; [2.] "Object" is the more generalized term (thereby more ambiguous) which (in older kids' OO terminology) subsumes the instances of Party/Person, Place, and Thing.
(*) /Thing/ Synonym: "Thang" (fr. North Carolina rural dialect) ;-)
Cheers, y'all! ;-) --ken ritchie [kritchie]
