[cap-talk] Is "Authority" Subjective?

[Valerio Bellizzomi]

On 23/06/2007, at 15.52, Pierre THIERRY wrote:

>Scribit Valerio Bellizzomi dies 23/06/2007 hora 14:27:
>> I agree, this naming convention is confusing. I have the same problem,
>> I am not clear what Alice/Carol/Bob are. I said it already in the
>> past, but no one seems interested in revising the issue.
>
>On the other hand, the reader is much more prone to confusion between A,
>B, C, M and N than between Alice, Bob, Carol, Mallet and Ned. And as
>long as you have a capability to a subject, it can't obviously be a
>user.

Absolutely not. What comes to mind is that Mallet is the name of a cat,
and Ned the name of a parrot.
Alice could be your wife, Bob your son, and Carol your grandma.
While A, B, C, M and N are certainly representations of software entities.


>
>Not with the available technology, at least.
>
>Maybe we should be a bit more specific when we describe a scenario.
>
>Doubtfully,
>Pierre
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