Hi to everyone on the list
I've been cheerfully discussing the recent period thesaurus e-conference
with m'learned colleague here in the BIAB office, but have so far stopped
short of actually taking part myself
so, just to put my head above the parapet, I would be interested to know
what others think of a thesaurus as a holding structure for data that has as
it's underpinning a numerical value
information on sites and finds that co-incide chronologically (whatever the
cultural/historical period terminology current in the area they were
discovered) will be more easily acccessible via the most direct recourse to
the actual date range in question - is a thesaurus structure able to provide
that?
the 'spine' of a period/chronology holding structure is essentially the
numerical date. Period terminology, varying from area to area, can and
should overlap or diverge at will, as long as we can see what co-incides
chronologically
as Neil Campling says, other disciplines (geology, and even maths or
physics) may have more experience of making disparate and contradictory sets
of data accessible as a whole - perhaps we could involve friendly geologists
or statisticians at this point?
or are others perfectly happy with the thesaurus structure for dates?
best wishes to all
Isabel Holroyd
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