hi everyone
During this project a number of issues were raised that are worth
considering as I promised I will be e-mailing around a number of issues that
are worth considering .... Both during this e-mail open forum and while you
are looking through the peer review packs.
You will note in the Protection Grade / Status list is a term
War Graves and
Protected places
Now these terms are based on Maritime status based on 1986 "protection of
military remains act"
There is a real problem here
As a lookup term or on a printout from a system Protected Places etc means
very little (it is not very clear)
Now this begs a fundamental question in terms of how we develop our
terminology
Do we opt for accepted terms that may be difficult to understand for users
of our systems - which risks mistakes in the indexing of a records or do we
depart from the legal terminology so we can ensure that we do not have
instances of mis-understanding?
what do you think
Jason?
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