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Many thanks! I'll post a model or two tonight to get the ball rolling.

Like I said, that would be the dream system. Maybe that can be one of the first requested models in the message board-- a model to handle a bulletin board system where users can upload version-controlled files! In the meantime there's a lot of ground to be gained just by having a library and a discussion thread.

Another "perfect world" thought: It would be nice if there were some kind of version control for the models, especially for the ones that are under active development. Being able to pick a version to modify, add a branch for your recommendations, etc., would be very helpful from a collaboration standpoint. Kind of like Sourceforge for ...

Absolutely, the "situation models" is a great idea. It might be nice to see a hierarchical tree of situations like this: Address Europe GermanyFranceNetherlandsUK America CanadaMexicoU.S. Taxonomy Horticulture Medicine The alternative is the "tag cloud" where people would add "Address, Netherlands, ...

Perhaps something like outlined below? Existing sections are bold, new sections are underlined, comments on what the section is used for are italic. Forums Models In Progress "I'm modeling a situation, here's what I've come up with, please tear it to shreds and point out the weaknesses." Friendly discussion only. ...

Most people who use this site are working on proprietary systems that they can't share with other people, but I wonder about having an area where people can post their data models and get feedback from other users. NORMA doesn't currently support the use of external models, but maybe if we had a community library of common models then we ...