← Prev in month ← Prev in thread
Next in thread → Next in month →

"Reduction" term

From
Danny Thorpe
Date
2012-07-27T22:23:00+00:00
ID
Thread
"Reduction" term
Per discussion on the TC call yesterday, I’ve checked the Multi-Request profile text and have found that it does not use the term “reduction” to refer to the transformation of a multi-request representation into multiple Individual Requests.
I was mistaken.
Nevertheless, I don’t see much value in casting about for new words or euphemisms to describe a reduction transform when the word reduction works perfectly well.
Reduction is any transformation that takes a higher order representation and produces a lower order (less complex) representation.
The term is equally accurate when referring to Admin profile delegation transforms, multi-request transforms, policy template transforms.
Reserving the term “reduction” to only refer to Admin profile delegation transforms isn’t really helpful because “reduction” is already a generic term.
The natural inclination will be to qualify the term, to indicate reduction “of what”.
Just my 2 cents.
:> -Danny Danny Thorpe Product Architect Quest Software - Now including the people and products of BiTKOO www.quest.com
← Prev in month ← Prev in thread
Next in thread → Next in month →