- From: Damian Steer <pldms@mac.com>
- Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 12:20:02 +0100
- To: Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>
- Cc: Mark Birbeck <mark.birbeck@webbackplane.com>, semantic-web at W3C <semantic-web@w3c.org>, Thomas Baker <tbaker@tbaker.de>
On 8 May 2009, at 12:03, Dan Brickley wrote: > On 8/5/09 12:45, Damian Steer wrote: >> >> On 7 May 2009, at 20:40, Mark Birbeck wrote: >> >>> I've used the term 'argot' to describe a collection of terms for a >>> particular purpose. They don't necessarily all belong to the same >>> vocabulary, but by grouping them together, it makes it easier for >>> people to get a handle on the terms that they might use in a >>> particular context. >> >> By the sounds of it this is much the same as an 'Application Profile' >> [1] in the DC community. I tried using OWL (+ closed world >> reasoning) to >> express them, which sounds similar. Your term has the virtue of >> brevity, >> and I may steal it :-) > > Bruce Sterling defines argot as > > "the deliberately hermetic language of a small knowledge clique... > a super-specialized geek cult language that has no traction in the > real world." --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argot How bona to vada your eek :-) * Thanks to Dan and Pete for the pointers. We will be hosting a Vocamp in Bristol later in the year. This sounds like an excellent topic for that venue. Damian * <http://tinyurl.com/phyohc>
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