At 14:31 12/05/2000 +0100, Philip Carlisle wrote:
>With regards to Jeremy's comments
>
>If POST MEDIEVAL should be a broad term for anything later than it, then
>MODERN would be a narrow term and similarly MEDIEVAL, and POST MEDIEVAL
>would be narrow terms of POST ROMAN. I'm not sure how useful that would be
>in a search.
>
>Phil
Well, I would ensure that the system supported searches such that a query on 'Post Medieval' would also pull out everything with an entry lower in the hierarchy. Okay, this may not be possible in reality.
Is that what you mean, Phil?
Jeremy
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