Re: Ensuring consistency of terminology

At 15:06 31/10/2002 -0500, Frank Manola wrote:
>Brian--
>
>Sounds great,

Don't it just!

>but I see this creating the potential for an awful lot of delay (e.g., for 
>the Primer, it looks like I have to wait until all the normative docs 
>figure out their terms, and resolve any inconsistencies, before I can even 
>know what *words* I can use!).

Yup, I reckon the primer would be most affected.

>Also, what do you do if you decide you need a term whose "natural home" 
>ought to be in another document, but they haven't defined it?  Petition 
>the editor to invent it?

Yup.

"An awful lot of delay" is not good news.  I proposed a kinda of idealistic 
view which I guess is where we'd like to be when we are done.  What do you 
see as the most practical way to get there?

Brian

Received on Thursday, 31 October 2002 15:19:58 UTC