- From: Sean Bechhofer <sean.bechhofer@manchester.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:49:44 +0100
- To: Stella Dextre Clarke <stella@lukehouse.org>
- Cc: Simon Spero <ses@unc.edu>, Stephen Bounds <km@bounds.net.au>, Bernard Vatant <bernard.vatant@mondeca.com>, SKOS <public-esw-thes@w3.org>
> On 1 Aug 2008, at 15:27, Stella Dextre Clarke wrote: >> >> I guess that means you really enjoyed a good read. Also, that >> there's a lot of terms in the English language that I don't fully >> understand or just don't see. In any case, I can't claim any >> credit for the Waterways thesaurus. >> Enjoy the weekend >> Stella >> ***************************************************** >> Stella Dextre Clarke >> Information Consultant >> Luke House, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RR, UK >> Tel: 01235-833-298 >> Fax: 01235-863-298 >> stella@lukehouse.org >> ***************************************************** >> >> >> Simon Spero wrote: >>> I grew up around boats so a lot of the terms just seem perfectly >>> normal, but in the wrong environment (an office full of >>> postgrads), a lot of Waterways example releases people's inner >>> Beavis. >>> http://schemas.bs8723.org/ExampleWaterways/ClassifiedDisplay.txt >>> I particularly enjoyed "equine powered propulsion system component". Do you think they'd call a spade a "Metal-bladed, hand operated digging implement"? [1] ;-) Sean [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_call_a_spade_a_spade -- Sean Bechhofer School of Computer Science University of Manchester sean.bechhofer@manchester.ac.uk http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/people/bechhofer
Received on Friday, 1 August 2008 14:49:40 UTC