abstract out the manner in which information about models is accessed, to allow experiments with different model definitions

[shahbazc@…]

I would like to recommend that information about models be accessed through an abstracted set of functions, rather than directly querying the models file.

This will allow easier experiments with different ways models are handled. I realize many people are opposed to model definitions being taken out of python code and into database, xml, other formats, but it will make it easier to do some interesting experiments.

[Adrian Holovaty]

This is too much of an abstract idea (no pun intended) for the ticket system at this point. Please open another ticket if you have a patch and specific solution.