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I thought some context might help.
Definition provided by Merriam-Webster www.m-w.com .
Main Entry: ar·ti·fact
Pronunciation: 'är-ti-"fakt
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin arte by skill (ablative of art-, ars skill) + factum,
neuter of factus, past participle of facere to do -- more at ARM, DO
Date: 1821
1 a : something created by humans usually for a practical purpose;
especially : an object remaining from a particular period <caves containing
prehistoric artifacts> b : something characteristic of or resulting from a
human institution or activity <self-consciousness... turns out to be an
artifact of our education system -- Times Literary Supplement>
2 : a product of artificial character (as in a scientific test) due usually
to extraneous (as human) agency
Definition provided by Rational. RUP glossary of terms.
artifact
(1) A piece of information that (1) is produced, modified, or used by a
process, (2) defines an area of responsibility, and (3) is subject to
version control. An artifact can be a model, a model element, or a
document. A document can enclose other documents.
A piece of information that is used or produced by a software development
process. An artifact can be a model, a description, or software. Synonym:
product.
Regards,
Tom Carroll
W.W. Grainger
"Cutler, Roger
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Meaning what?
-----Original Message-----
From: David Orchard [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:32 PM
To: 'Cutler, Roger (RogerCutler)'; [email protected]
Subject: RE: Artifacts
Roger,
The term artifact has been used in software for quite some time.
Cheers,
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Cutler, Roger (RogerCutler)
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 6:35 PM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: Artifacts
I would like to propose the following glossary entry:
Artifact - 1) A remnant of something that is dead and gone, as in "The
shard of pottery found in the Yucatan was an artifact of the high Mayan
civilization"; 2) A defect or error in something otherwise regular and
useful, as in "Sixty cycle interference is a common artifact in monitors
sited too close to power sources".
Perhaps you can add other meanings for the word? I think you should if
you are going to insist on using it.
Listening to how you folks are using the word artifact, I hear it meaning
different things at different times. The most common meaning that I
infer, however, is that it refers to a piece of information which is
emitted by some actor in the drama under consideration and potentially
consumed by another actor. Uh, isn't that what I would call a message? I
have this weird feeling that there is an extreme shyness about using the
word message, as if some other discipline has dibs on it. Well, I think
that the archeologists more or less have dibs on artifact, and I would
really like to hear words that I understand more clearly in the context
that you are using them.
Best Wishes --
Roger (a.k.a. Andy Rooney, curmudgeon).