Talk:Variable and attribute (research)
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I am wondering if Variable and attribute (science) wouldn't be better. I opted for research, as we have articles on variable (mathematics) and attribute (computing), and mathematics and computing are parts of science - but the use of variable and attribute here is different than in those articles. At some point, when more content is added, a split may be useful as well. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 18:12, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
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Hi there, I've often wondered whether the term "Attributes" would not be an improvement over the term "Properties" as used by Microsoft? Which, in your opinion, would be the more accurate term in this instance? Semperlibre (talk) 08:08, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
- Attributes is more commonly used, AFAIK. I am not sure what context the term properties is used by Microsoft, although it is probably more of a common-language usage for the same idea... --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 17:10, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Should this article be split into two, one for variables, one for attributes?
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Variable and attribute (research) → Variable (research) – Although "Variable" is a unique subject and certainly deserves an article, there is already the article Property (philosophy) that covers the content of what "attribute" is intending to cover here, but in more detail. This is a redundant content fork, where the only distinction is the field not the subject of the article. – Farkle Griffen (talk) 22:25, 8 April 2026 (UTC)