Re: Discussion paper: what are the level 2 datums?
Nate
On 7 Oct 2010, at 13:37, Nate Hayes wrote:
> The problem is you are conflating Level 2 names and objects with Level 3 representations (i.e., implementation code and structures). That is the source of confusion.
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> A "bare decoration" is a Level 2 concept. Period.
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> So is a "bare interval".
Agreed. Indeed since finite precision is not crucial, we can think of them as Level 1 concepts.
> Your example is entirely Level 3.
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> A pair of binary64 values at Level 3 is _not_ a bare interval. It is only one possible Level 3 representation of a bare interval.
The "16 bytes, 1 byte" stuff was just a for-instance. My arguments themselves are independent of the level 3 illustration I introduced.
John