A common modelling decision in creating a topic map is when to use an association with 3 or more roles (an n-ary association) and when to represent it as n-1 binary associations. Herewith a discussion on the relative merits of the two forms and some pointers (ok, opinions) on the Right Thing To Do.
Monthly Archives: August 2003
Nonsense Explained
It seems that everyone has to put up with nonsense in some form or another. Some days I feel like I am being targetted with more than my fair share of it, but I guess that I probably give as good as I get. Now James Robertson has handily explained the Three Laws Of Nonsense.