Symbol System
Name: Symbol System
Based on: Designed Abstract System
An designed abstract system that may or may not be written. Symbol system can be shared through any modes of communication: Spoken, written or gestures.
Symbol systems form part of the system structure for a social system.
Overall Purpose:
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Provide a shared vocabulary for people to use in social systems
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Provide a way to capture cultural changes or variants for a language
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Enable encoding for Symbol Products
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Capture the sounds, gestures and symbols for a symbol system.
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Basis for communication and alignment of thinking
System Quantity Properties
- Number of symbols, and symbol sets in the lexicon
Systemic Quality Properties
- Accuracy of communication
Systemic Capabilities or Functions
The symbol system establishes:
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Grammar for a language
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Meaning for communications
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Ability to encode and decode
System States
The various defined states that the System of System Thinkers main group and any sub-groups can be in.
- Architected / Designed
- Shared usage
Symbol System Practitioners
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User of the symbol system
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Designer of the Symbol System
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Trainer of the Symbol System
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Authors of symbol system documentation (if any)
Symbolic Products
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Books
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Music
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Dance
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Expression of models using UML
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Sports
System Symbol integration
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into a person's mental processes for use in mental images.
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into a social system culture
System Element: Identification and Relationships
The symbol system consists of the following system elements and relationships:
Configuration / Scenario:
Describes any configuration / scenario attributes for a specific system-of-interest. This may not be appropriate for all system descriptions (e.g. patterns or abstract systems).
Cyclical (Repeating / Regular) Processes
Regular cycles
Trigger: need to transfer knowledge Process: encode using the symbol system and send information
Trigger; understand communication Process: read and decode using the symbol system
Trigger: need to respond to communication Process formulate feedback using symbol system and communicate.
Development Life Cycle Processes
Trigger: new usage Process: upgrade the symbol system or create a new symbol system
Trigger: gap in symbol system use Process: add new symbols or remove symbols
Trigger: need to integrate Process: synthesis with other symbol systems and authors.
Notes
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