Matrix entity type

[Peter McCartney]

Has anyone else felt the need for a new entity type  to describe matrices?
Im sitting here writing the spec for a cross-tabulation module i want to add
to Xylopia am realizing that while its possible to describe its output using
the table entity module, thats really not a good fit. I really dont need to
define each column as a distinct attribute - they are all the same data type
and meaning and Im forced to use an entirely different model to define the
row headers even thought order of rows versus columns is really
arbitrary.What i need is one description for each dimension of the matrix,
plus one attribute to describe the cell's datatype and calculation. This
module would be useful for describing lots of statistical output up to N
dimensions.
 
Peter McCartney (peter.mccartney at asu.edu <mailto:peter.mccartney at asu.edu> )
Center for Environmental-Studies
Arizona State University
 
 
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