Reply to: Comments on "Toward a Framework for Software Measurement Validation"

are glad that members of the software engineering communityhave taken-up our suggestion that metric validation needs publicdebate. With respect to specific issues raised by Basili et al. in theirletter, clearly, we disagree with their view that we are seriouslyimpeding the appropriate definition of attributes; we are glad tohave the opportunity to clarify some of our arguments.