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+  - software
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+# Separating Estimating Concerns
+
+## 1. Annotation
+
+Annotation is documenting project scope as intended by its design.
+This involves reconciling missing and conflicting requirements,
+as well as erroneous and misplaced symbols.
+
+This process is intended to be *unbiased*, without respect for
+* industry knowledge
+* contractor standard practices
+
+The annotator is to describe the design scope
+without adding any outside information.
+
+### Output
+
+The processes and tools for completing this step
+would differ between design-build and plans-and-specs projects,
+but the output would be identical in function.
+
+This step encodes "measures" with "tags"
+and describes the behavior of special tags
+(e.g. structure height of each `Level`)
+
+## ~~next step(s)~~
+
+Define takeoff given counts from step 1.
+
+```
+LET wiring-devices 'default/wiring-devices/decora'
+
+FOREACH MEASURE
+WHERE 'type' IS 'device/receptacle/duplex' AND 'mounting' IS 'flush'
+TAKEOFF 'DUPLEX REC - FLUSH IN METAL STUDS' FROM wiring-devices
+```
+
+## -1. Reporting
+
+Build deliverables (proposals, BOM's)