Standardized Term Names

[Midori Harris]

Chris will have to comment on obol's capabilities ... I've been under the
impression that it deals only with term names at present, but I may be
mistaken.

m

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Alexander Diehl wrote:

> Jen and Midori,
> 
> Thank you for your replies.  Yes, I would prefer these term names to 
> return to their original formulations.  I would also argue that it 
> should be unnecessary to change term names to enable obol to  figure 
> them out in cases where obol can easily read the term parentage as 
> well as any human.  I would expect this to be a part of the obol 
> algorithm already, though perhaps the program is not that 
> sophisticated.
[snip]

> 
> -- Alex
> 
> At 9:59 AM +0000 2/18/05, J Clark wrote:
> >>better as a synonym than as the term name! so if obol needs it, OK
> >>
> >>(I do think Alex has a point, that actual human beings should be 
> >>able to suss it out ... but computers aren't as smart as us.)
> >
> >Cool. I'll wait for Alex to respond and if he's happy that I'll go ahead.
> >
> >Jen