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>> I also would not underestimate the number of times a term has
>> multiple meanings.
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> Indeed!
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>> That is unacceptable for us.
Multiple definitions may be cumbersome, but they are reality. I would rather have too many than too few to choose from. Here's my best attempt at a "scenario" to show that computers should like multiple definitions:
VO-app: "What would you like to observe today?" Astronomer: "The comet from yesterday's APOD."
(pause to look for an IVOA vocabulary which explains what "APOD" means) VO-app: "OK"
(pause to find an HTN telescope)
VO-app: "The camera's FOV is only 10 arcminutes: what part of the
object would you like to observe first?"
Astronomer: "Nucleus."
VO-app: "Completed, downloaded and displayed in your VO-viewer. Next
target?"
Astronomer: "Tail."
VO-app: "Completed, downloaded and displayed in your VO-viewer. Next
target?"
Astronomer: "Coma."
VO-app: "Slewing to Abell 1656..."
Rick Received on 2008-02-08Z14:51:46