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Domain chaos - A dysfunctional characteristic of an attribute or field in which multiple types of facts are represented by more. For example, unit of measure code for one product has a domain value of "doz," to represent a unit of measure of "one dozen," while for another product unit of measure code has a value of "150," to represent a the reorder point quantity.
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Source: Larry English, http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml , 23-Jan-2009 12:51
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