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Principle Description

Meaning 1

Alternative Terms

  • Sometimes “principle” and “principle description” are not distinguished. Thus the term “principle” may also refer to this concept.

Definition

A principle description is a document that describes a principle by giving at least the following information:

  • a name for the principle,
  • a description of the rule,
  • and a rationale that describes why the rule holds.

Description

Typically a principle description also gives further information like hints on when and how to apply the principle, examples, etc.

When several principle descriptions are described uniformly, this is called a principle catalog.

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glossary/principle_description.1371220015.txt.gz · Last modified: 2013-06-14 16:26 by christian