Jc3s5h added a comment.

In https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T89246#1614220, @thiemowmde wrote in part:

> Before = 0, after = 0 does not mean +/-0. Who said that?


Obviously the first time a person reads the data model, the person will 
interpret it in the context of previous experience. The terms "before" and 
"after" are not normally used to express uncertainty; the usual terminology is 
±. Naturally people used to seeing ± will apply that line of thinking to 
"before" and "after" and decide that before = after = 0 means the time is 
exact. When inventing new terminology the description must rule out any 
plausible misinterpretation. This is often accomplished by giving a fully 
explained example.


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