The numerous recommendations and future considerations included in this report are unified by
a set of goals, initially identified by the CONSER AACR Review Task Force and included in the
Hirons/Graham paper. Additional goals, such as harmonization, have been added as well. I might
add, that wherever possible, my own personal goal has been to aim for simplicity and clarity in
order to make the concepts understandable and easy to teach and apply.
In the rationale for each recommendation, I have listed the specific goals that would be achieved
by that recommendation with the parenthetical abbreviations from the following lis