Talk:Modeling from A to Z/Modeling principles

need to add some very simple examples --Михал Орела 15:59, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

=templates=

I have added some basic templates that I have personally used in writing som Wikipedia articles.


 * Notes — is for footnotes
 * References — is the list of books etc. for the supporting the inline citations and footnotes
 * Reading links — is a sort of standard bibliography
 * e-Links — is a sort of electronic standard bibliography

(Михал Орела 10:45, 11 August 2008 (UTC))

=Isomorphic models=

I am going to use the examples of an „address book“ and an „art exhibition catalog“ to show that the same model can fit two very different applications.

The „same model“ concept is very abstract. We can call it mathematical. But when there are two models which have the same mathematical shape but differ in their application, they are said to be same-shape (iso-morphic) models. This text is good enought to go into the main body. (Михал Орела 04:55, 12 August 2008 (UTC))

From the mathematical perspective isomorphic is the precise term we need. It is of Greek origin, well respected and understand by mathematicians. Let us be brave and be different. I have replaced iso-morphic with same-shape. I am not yet brave enough to write sameshape. (Михал Орела 05:00, 12 August 2008 (UTC))

Design for flight thing
To motivate the design of the new a„art exhibition catalog“ model I have introduced a simple analogy between airplane and bird. To be brief I have chose to use a wikitable and to fill in some of the slots. To add to the fun, I have chosen Airbus and Boeing airplane models as examples and used Wikipedia to show images of what is meant. This is a good use of the table for illustration purposes. (Михал Орела 07:30, 12 August 2008 (UTC))