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Ontology terms 'flow object' and 'Balanceable properties'

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Notes from Chris on use of term- 'Flow object'
> Not trying to start a flame war or anything, but "flow object" is just... not great. It is inconsistent with all our other core terms, it rolls off the tongue like a porcupine, and I guarantee you that it will produce a confused look on 80% of the faces of people who see it for the first time. The problem is that "flow" is good, but has no natural counterpart (aside from "flow"...). One possibility would be to switch to "flow" and "exchange" - I am sure this was considered and rejected at some point, however. We define "flow object" as:
Entity that is able to be exchanged between two activities, produced or consumed by activities, or stored by a (stock accumulation) activity. This is one of the identifying dimensions of a datapoint (and the database). "Entity" is probably too loose, as is "object". "Flux" is a bit too cute, and too similar to "flow." What about "item"? It encapsulates the idea that every thing we want to track would be an item instance. One definition is "an individual article or unit, especially one that is part of a list, collection, or set," which fits pretty well. Or maybe someone else has a creative idea? There are lots of online thesaurus sites out there :) If there is previous discussion on this, please post links - it is hard to get much from the wiki history.>

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Start by reviewing the terminology discussion in this issue and the existing ontology definitions for “flow object” and “Balanceable properties.” The scope is not tied to a file or test; done would require an agreed replacement terminology and corresponding updates to the ontology documentation or definitions.

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