- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:07:38 -0500
- To: Murray Maloney <murray@muzmo.com>
- Cc: GRDDL Working Group <public-grddl-wg@w3.org>
On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 17:12 -0400, Murray Maloney wrote: [...] > I should note some of my own prejudices as I began reading. I referred > to > the Wikipedia for a definition of gleaning, to wit: > > Gleaning is the collection of leftover crops from farmers' > fields > after they have been mechanically harvested or on fields > where > it is not economically profitable to harvest. I found the "field of XML" farming stuff a bit much. I'm just using the word "glean" in this 2nd sense: 2. To collect bit by bit: ´records from which historians glean their knowledge¡ (Kemp Malone). -- http://www.answers.com/glean&r=67 -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ D3C2 887B 0F92 6005 C541 0875 0F91 96DE 6E52 C29E
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