Partitioning Medium and Support - data consistency

[SamiNorling]

In EMu, Medium and Support are catalogued in two tables, and outputs in XML as:

<table name="Medium">
  <tuple>
    <atom name="PhyMedium">fabric</atom>
  </tuple>
  <tuple>
    <atom name="PhyMedium">plastic</atom>
  </tuple>
</table>
<table name="Support">
  <tuple>
    <atom name="PhySupport">structural foam</atom>
  </tuple>
</table>

Unfortunately, data is inconsistent. For example:

<table name="Medium">
  <tuple>
    <atom name="PhyMedium">paper</atom>
  </tuple>
</table>

• Paper should be listed as a Support, not Medium

or

<table name="Medium">
  <tuple>
    <atom name="PhyMedium">plastic</atom>
  </tuple>
  <tuple>
    <atom name="PhyMedium">paint</atom>
  </tuple>
</table>
<table name="Support">
  <tuple>
    <atom name="PhySupport">steel</atom>
  </tuple>
  <tuple>
    <atom name="PhySupport">plastic</atom>
  </tuple>
  <tuple>
    <atom name="PhySupport">paint</atom>
  </tuple>
</table>

• plastic and paint are repeated under Support, also listed in Medium

How will incorrect data affect partitioning of Support and Medium?

If too complicated, can simplify represent Medium(s) and Support(s) with made-of syntax. If we go this route though, will need to avoid duplication of made-of statements when values are repeated either within a single table or across both tables (e.g., XML example directly above).

[SamiNorling]

Clean-up to date:

• de-duped repeating values in Medium and Support (only repeating within table, not across tables)

Current model:

• simple made_of array pulling distinct values between Medium and Support

Future:

• Will possibly re-work the model to partition the support as a part, but current data would output some odd statements.