Discussion of Naming


A calendric system is the abstraction of time available at the conceptual (query language) level. The term ``calendric system'' has been used to describe the calculation of events within a single calendar—it therefore has a conflicting meaning (-E7). The present definition generalizes that usage to multiple calendars in a very natural way, however. Furthermore, the meaning is intuitive in that the calendric system interprets time values at the conceptual level (+E8).