diff --git a/23-049/sections/00-preface.adoc b/23-049/sections/00-preface.adoc index dae4239..e4a1eec 100644 --- a/23-049/sections/00-preface.adoc +++ b/23-049/sections/00-preface.adoc @@ -9,18 +9,15 @@ The aim of this OGC Temporal Abstract Specification is to establish clear concep [abstract] == Abstract +[frame=none] +|=== +| “Quid est ergo tempus? | | | | “What then is time? +| Si nemo ex me quaerat, scio.| | | | If no one asks me, I know. +| Si quaerenti explicare velim,| | | | If I wish to explain to him who asks, +| nescio.”| | | | I do not know.” +| | | | | _St. Augustine (354–430CE) Confessions, XI, 14_ +|=== -“Quid est ergo tempus? -Si nemo ex me quaerat, scio. -Si quaerenti explicare velim, -nescio.” - -“What then is time? -If no one asks me, I know. -If I wish to explain to him who asks, -I do not know.” - -_St. Augustine (354–430CE) Confessions, XI, 14_ The primary goal of the Abstract Conceptual Model for Time is to establish clear concepts, their relationships, and terminology.