Re: [wsdm] Incorrect text in MUWS P2, Section 2.5.1

[Thomas Studwell <studwell@us.ibm.com>]

"Empirical" sounds good to me.

Thomas W. Studwell
Senior Technical Staff Member, Autonomic Computing Architecture
IBM Software Group
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"What marks the mind of the strategist is an intellectual elasticity or flexibility that enables him to come up with realistic responses to changing conditions... In strategic thinking, one first seeks a clear understanding of the particular character of each element of a situation and then makes the fullest possible use of human brainpower to restructure the elements in the most advantageous way." (Keniche Ohmae, The Mind of the Strategist)
"Mark Peel" <mpeel@novell.com>

"Mark Peel" <mpeel@novell.com>

12/07/2004 09:46 PM

To	<fred.carter@amberpoint.com>, <ellison@ieee.org>
cc	<vbp@hp.com>, <wsdm@lists.oasis-open.org>, Brent Miller/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS, Thomas Studwell/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS
Subject	Re: [wsdm] Incorrect text in MUWS P2, Section 2.5.1

 I agree "experiential" is unfamiliar and would look like a typo to
many readers.  "Empirical" fits Tom's original meaning pretty well.


Mark Peel
Web Services Infrastructure
Novell, Inc.

>>> Fred Carter <fred.carter@amberpoint.com> 12/7/04 4:30 PM >>>
Thus quoth Mark Ellison (~ 12/7/2004 5:23 PM ~)...

> Tom,
>
> my bad.  I made the change from experiential to experimental as a
> readability change.  In my opinion, this change should revert.
>
> Knowing this, I'd probably still change to something like:
>
> "The ordering of situation categories is based on *operational* data

> showing relative importance of various types of events."

+1
my vote wouldn't change...

> Experiential is a funny word, imho.

>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
> Thomas Studwell wrote:
>
>> The text on line 329 should read:
>> "The ordering of situation categories is based on *experiential*
data
>> showing relative importance of various types of events.",
>>
>> it currently reads:
>> "The ordering of situation categories is based on *experimental
*data
>> showing relative importance of various types of events.".
>>
>> I don't consider this a show stopper but it does significantly
weaken
>> the argument in favor of canonical situations.
>>
>> Thomas W. Studwell
>> Senior Technical Staff Member, Autonomic Computing Architecture
>> IBM Software Group
>> C151/Bldg 500
>> 4205 S Miami Blvd, Durham, NC 27703
>> (919) 254-7574 Fax: (919) 254-7628 Mobile: (919) 619-1038
>> studwell@us.ibm.com
>>
>> "What marks the mind of the strategist is an intellectual elasticity

>> or flexibility that enables him to come up with realistic responses

>> to changing conditions... In strategic thinking, one first seeks a
>> clear understanding of the particular character of each element of a

>> situation and then makes the fullest possible use of human
brainpower
>> to restructure the elements in the most advantageous way." (Keniche

>> Ohmae, The Mind of the Strategist)
>>


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