A Graphically-Integrated Language System: A Proposal to The Software Productivity Consortium, Part II. (GRAILS)

This is Part 2 of a 2-part proposal. This part of the proposal asserts the possibility of a software capable of designing a super-language which is interchangeably usable and comprehensible among various intellectual and technical levels, to be called by the acronym GRAILS (Graphically Integrated Language System). The proposal includes photocopies of 6 published articles, five of which are by Warfield, and is based on the concept of a "Domain of Science Model" which uses ISM and other techniques developed by him. A good introductory paper for persons interested in studying Warfield’s Science of Generic Design. See also: Part I "ADA Syntax Study and Recommendations."

Part I was submitted earlier. It was titled "ADA Syntax Study and Recommendations."

This is Part 2 of a 2-part proposal. This part of the proposal asserts the possibility of a software capable of designing a super-language which is interchangeably usable and comprehensible among various intellectual and technical levels, to be called by the acronym GRAILS (Graphically Integrated Language System). The proposal includes photocopies of 6 published articles, five of which are by Warfield, and is based on the concept of a "Domain of Science Model" which uses ISM and other techniques developed by him. In 2005 Rose Warfield made a scanned copy of the Software Productivity Consortium (The director of the Software Productivity Consortium at GMU was much interested in the GRAILS proposal, which probably would have been accepted and acted upon had the man lived. Unfortunately, he died of a heart attack while jogging, shortly after the proposal was delivered. Other officials in the Consortium did not respond to the proposal. Meanwhile Ford Motor Company has implemented many of the essential ideas in the design of its internal software systems. In Guangzhou, China Dr. Wan Jianping and his faculty advisor Dr. Yang Jianmei at SCTU applied it as a basis for Jianping’s Ph.d. and they continue to integrate the idea in software development in China. The 1986 GRAILS proposal is a good introductory paper for persons interested in studying Warfield’s Science of Generic Design BOOK published in 1989. In the BOOK Warfield expanded on the themes introduced in this Proposal. Here is a list of the six articles which were included as appendices in the GRAILS proposal. Complementary Relations and Map Reading, 1980 Some Principles of Knowledge Organizations, 1979 Priority Structures, 1980 Crossing Theory and Hierarchy Mapping, 1977 Education in Generic Design, 1986 System Design with the Right Brain, by Peschanel, 1984.




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  • Category: Generic Design, Software
  • Size: 120 min
  • Description: Pages in large notebinder
  • Publication Year: 1987
  • Publication Month: 11
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