[Modeling] Modeling an Agent Class- register your opinion

James Odell email@jamesodell.com
Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:00:40 -0400


--Caste - 1 vote
--Agent Class or Agent Type - 7 votes (one with the constraint of using
Classier)
--Agent - 1 vote
--"No idea"  - 1 vote


On 6/23/03 5:45 PM, "Stephen Cranefield" indited:

> Jim Odell wrote:
>> OK, the tally is now:
>> 
>> --Caste - 1 vote
>> --Agent Class or Agent Type - 5 votes
>> --Agent - 1 vote
>> --"The term agent class is 'misfortune'" - 1 vote
>> --"No idea"  - 1 vote
> 
> I favour AgentType if we decide to use a metaclass that is a direct subclass
> of Classifier (i.e. not a subclass of Class).  Otherwise, AgentClass would
> be appropriate.
> 
> I also think that we should start developing a metamodel in which the agent
> type metaclass *is* a new subclass of Classifier.  If we later discover that
> it really can fit under Class then we can refactor the metamodel.
> 
> - Stephen
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