Hello all, (01)
This is my first chime into the conversations so I hope my topic is
appropriate. (02)
At present, I'm working as the lead of NASA/JPL's Spacecraft Problem
Reporting System (PRS), which is a web based application where an
engineer or scientist can report a problem with a spacecraft that is
in-flight, or under development. When an "anomaly" is created, it is
then automatically dispatched to the proper team of folks that can
triage and solve the problem, sign, and close the issue. (03)
Presently, we are using a hierarchy to define the structure of the
individual items that make up the spacecraft. It is a typical
parent-child-grandchild relationship. However, I am running into a
cases where a child can have more then one non-related parents. This
aspect is something that hurts my hierarchical mind. (04)
I have recently found the concept of heterarchy in my knowledge
management quests and find it maybe the answer. From Wikipedia, "In
a group of related items, heterarchy is a state wherein any pair of
items is likely to be related in two or more differing ways. Whereas
hierarchies sort groups into progressively smaller categories and
subcategories, heterarchies divide and unite groups variously,
according to multiple concerns that emerge or recede from view
according to perspective." (05)
My challenge/question is, how would define and represent the
heterarchy in a designator system? We all know how to express
hierarchy as 1.3.54.A for example, but when an item has more then one
parent, how can we express that in an equally simplistic way? (06)
Thanks for the bandwidth
Charles P. White (aka Jet Burns)
"This sentense has three erors." (07)
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