The mechanism · The comprehension · Element

The simplification

What could be removed to make it understandable.

The part

What it is

Programmes accumulate rules, exceptions and bonus mechanics, each of which reduces comprehension slightly.

Removing complexity usually improves performance, because a simpler programme is one members can act on.

The smallest level

The attributes it carries

Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.