- From: Stella Dextre Clarke <stella@lukehouse.org>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:07:05 +0000
- To: Thomas Bandholtz <thomas.bandholtz@innoq.com>
- CC: Bradley Allen <bradley.p.allen@gmail.com>, public-esw-thes@w3.org, karl+w3c@la-grange.net, public-lod@w3.org
Thomas Bandholtz wrote: > One example: > "bass [fish]" and "bass [music]", which are about "bass" as a homograph > (not a homophone). > > You see I used some kind of "qualifier" to distinguish the two meanings. > This is a common practise, not a standard. > The practice of disambiguating homographs by adding qualifiers in parentheses has been part of the ISO 2788 standard (which sets out how to construct a thesaurus) ever since its first edition in 1974. For this reason it is found very commonly indeed (but usually with round brackets, not square ones. e.g."bridges (dental)" and "bridges (roadways)" ) An important proviso in ISO 2788 and the other standards derived from this, e.g. ISO 5964 and the forthcoming ISO 25964, is that the qualifier is treated as forming part of the term. In this way we avoid any situation where two different concepts are represented by the same term. Homophones are not considered an issue in ISO 2788 and the existing derived standards. 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 *****************************************************
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