[sc34wg3] RM comment: parid2901

[Sam Hunting]

> 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".)

Yes, I've been using this formulation for the past twelve months or so --
see, eg, my presentation from January 2002 at:
 
   http://www.etopicality.com/public_presentations/DC_2002-01-16/4.html.

We were lucky to have heard Elaine at Extreme Markup in Montreal, and it's
nice to see her ideas working on in practice. 


Sam Hunting
eTopicality, Inc.

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