Examples are always useful, and induction may well be the best way to
generate the principle, but we really need one paragraph for Diane's User
Guide that articulates what we want to have happen, and then illustrates
with examples.
A Dublin Core T-shirt for a succinct statement (1000 characters or less)
stu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Weinheimer [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 2:57 PM
> To: Weibel,Stu
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: 1:1 debate
>
> "Weibel,Stu" wrote:
> > Is there anyone who would care to distill the arguments into a principle
> > that can promote good practice while acknowledging that blind adherence
> that
> > forces us to do silly things (like promoting a person who scans a
> photograph
> > to the same level as one who took it) is inimical to good retrieval?
> > stu
>
> How about a real-world example? Here is a very famous book, "The
> Imitation of Christ" by Thomas a Kempis. One of the sites with this work
> is:
> http://ccel.wheaton.edu/kempis/imitation/imitation.html
> This is a modern translation by Aloysius Croft and Harold Bolton of an
> old Latin work entitled "Imitatio Christi". Different formats are
> available: RTF, htm, pdf, text, Windows Help and Hypercard.
> Another translation by Rev. Benham is also available, along with
> (somewhere!) various other translations through FTP.
>
> How does 1:1 fit in here? Are there any takers?
> Jim Weinheimer
> Princeton University
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