Re: Terminology: "Foo has the string data type" or "Foo is the string data type" or "Foo has a data type that is a string" or something else? (UNCLASSIFIED)

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My answer:  The data type of Foo is string.

This implies a few things:

1. Foo is a proper identifier where reuse is irrelevant.
2. All instances of Foo relate to its single definition.
3. Since there is only a single definition of the Foo element its relationship to its parts is inherent in the definition provided to schema.
4. Since Foo is a proper identifier and the type value is not always start with the identifier and relate its parts back to its name.

In my mind nothing else matters.

Austin

On 04/04/12, "Costello, Roger L."  <costello@mitre.org> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> Consider this element declaration:
> 
>       <element name="Foo" type="string" />
> 
> What is the proper way of expressing the relationship between Foo and the string data type?
> 
>     (a) Foo has the string data type.
> 
>     (b) Foo has a string data type.
> 
>     (c) Foo is of the string data type.
> 
>     (d) Foo is a string data type.
> 
>     (e) Foo has a data type that is a string.
>  
>     (f) Foo is a string.
> 
>     (g) Something else.
> 
> /Roger 
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