[Data-modeling] Multiple Fictional Universes

[Gordon Mackenzie]

Fictional world would imply a physical planet to me I'm afraid. I  
can't think of a term that wouldn't be as simple as a universe (not  
that that is simple in of itself of course).

~ Gordon


On Nov 12, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Faye Harris wrote:

> I agree with Chris. "Setting" means "place" to most people.
>
> If people are conflating two types of things into one Type, then the
> solution would indeed require creating a new type, so that the two can
> be separated.
>
> Is "space-time continuum" potentially too "techy" a type name? It'd
> dead-on in terms of precision. ;) Or, how about creating a type
> "fictional world" to represent a "space-time continuum" inside the
> "fictional universe" type? Settings inside worlds inside universes.  
> For
> example, DC Comics Multiverse has Earth-One, Earth-Two, Earth-Three as
> worlds.
>
> -- Faye
>
>
> Christopher R. Maden wrote:
>> Jeff Prucher wrote:
>>
>>> I just had a thought.  We're using "universe" to mean two  
>>> different things
>>> here.  The first, and what the type "fictional universe" is  
>>> currently used
>>> for, refers to the entirety of the milieu of a work or series,  
>>> which can
>>> include multiple alternate worlds.  The other sense refers to a  
>>> single
>>> space-time continuum, any number of which might be used in a  
>>> series.  So my
>>> question is: why not just consider these other continua as Fictional
>>> Settings?  That is, the Star Trek Universe includes as a setting  
>>> the Mirror
>>> Universe; the DC Comics Multiverse has Earth-One, Earth-Two, Earth- 
>>> Three
>>> etc. as settings, and so on.
>>>
>>
>> I believe Fictional Settings was in the running or even used at one
>> point.  The problem is that “fictional setting” more easily brings to
>> mind Gotham City or the Shire (or New York or San Francisco) than  
>> Middle
>> Earth or the Mirror Universe.
>>
>> ~Chris
>>
>
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