[sc34wg3] RM comment: parid2901

[Steve Pepper]

At 16:01 19.02.2003 -0500, Patrick Durusau wrote:
>I think we need to give serious consideration to changing the name of the 
>"SLUO." One suggestion that comes to mind is the "Unique Subject Location 
>Objective" or "USLO." I don't know that it is really necessary to include 
>the "location" language in the objective and would be just as pleased with 
>"Unique Subject Objective" or "USO." That a subject has a unique location 
>in the topic map is a result of the merging rules, and is the key to the 
>paradigm but I don't know that the current name is a real marketing winner.

I have earlier proposed the term "collocation objective", which has the 
same basic connotation and a good pedigree in library science. (See for 
example Elaine Svenonius' book, "The Intellectual Foundation of Information 
Organization".)

It is not quite so excruciatingly precise but its use in our context can be 
defined with the same precision. It would certainly be more readily 
understandable to people outside the inner sanctum.

Steve

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