[Yr11 Information Technology] The meaning of U1O1-KK11 in the new study design.

[Mark]

Sorry to have woken you, Paula.
Actually, my area of doubt begins after the words "such as".  Until then,
everything is fine.

Hola!

On Tuesday, July 21, 2015, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:

> Paula is probably having a siesta now so I won't disturb her. I imagine
> the flamenco dancing lessons, all-night maraca practice, and those
> breakfast margaritas take their toll.
>
> I'm looking at the the key knowledge (KK) dotpoint 11 for the new study
> design's U1O1 and I'm getting rather muddled.
>
> It reads:
>
> *- formats and conventions suitable for graphic solutions such as titles,
> text styles, shapes, lines and arrows, sources of data and legend, colours
> and contrasts*
>
> It's unclear to me whether the list after "such as" is meant to be
> formats, or conventions, or a messy mixture of both.
>
> We all know we must not confuse formats and conventions, but this KK seems
> to be doing that.
>
> Or is it implying that "formats" (noun) is the same as "formatting"
> (verb), which seems wrong to me. I've always understood "formats" to mean
> "ways of presenting data or information" - e.g. you may choose to present
> data as a graph, or a table. Each of these formats has its own conventions
> - e.g. the graph has labelled axes; the table has bold headings and
> right-justified numbers in columns.
>
> So, in this KK, is a "title" a format or a convention? If you ask me, it's
> neither, unless you argue that it's a convention that documents have titles.
>
> The same applies to "lines and arrows" - is the KK saying they are formats
> or conventions?
>
> I get more muddled with the last two "and"s in "*sources of data and
> legend, colours and contrasts".*
>
> How do you guys read this? Does it mean...
>
> **sources of data and [sources of] legend, *
> **colours*
> **contrasts.*
>
> Which sounds weird.
>
> Or does it mean
>
> **sources of data*
> **legend, *
> **colours*
> **contrasts.*
>
> Which is also weird. But if so, should it not be "legends"?
>
> And - once again - is "sources of data" a format or a convention? Neither,
> IMO.
>
> And, finally, we have "contrasts".
> Is this referring to the difference between foreground and background
> colours? If so, why is it plural?
>
> The consultation draft of the new study design simply said "* *formats
> and conventions suitable for different solutions".  *The bits that
> confuse me were added in later versions, too late for us to offer official
> feedback.
>
> What do you clever folk think the KK is saying?
>
> --
>
>
> *My grandfather suffered a terrible year fighting German soldiers and
> civilians. But that was 2007, and he's a different man now.*
>
> Mark Kelly
>
>
> http://vceit.com
>


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