The Purpose Imperative

Reducing the Verbosity of Imperative Model Refinements by Using General-Purpose Language Facilities

Refinements are model transformations that leave large parts of the source models unchanged. Therefore, if refinements are executed outplace, model elements need to be copied to the target model. Refinements written in imperative languages are increasingly verbose, unless suitable language facilities exist for creating these copies implicitly. Thus, for languages restricted to general-purpose f...

The natural holistic imperative.

Biodiversity is nature's expression of the principle of holism. This 'natural holistic imperative' is manifested in all aspects of the environment. While environmental health originated through a concern for protecting humans from environmental risks, it is now concerned with protecting the environment from the activities of humans. In order to protect the health of humans, there is a need to b...

The territorial imperative.

The relentless therapeutic imperative.

many helpful comments; and the Thai teachers and students who received us with such great friendliness. We also thank Ronald Frankenberg for supervision of AW's fieldwork and Kimberly Rosegger for help with the manuscript. Contributors and sources: Both authors have a German medical background and currently teach anatomy to medical students. This paper arose from AW's MSc dissertation in medica...

The information integrity imperative

This white paper examines several dimensions of Information Integrity. It then explains why it is imperative that we mobilize interest, support, and appropriate resources to create and implement a new universal framework for achieving Information Integrity.