Thanks for the chuckle, Paola, Carl, (01)
Good timing. I tend to lose my sense of humor when nature reminds me
why I got involved with Emergency Management and Health Informatics
standards in the first place, such as the 3:30 am tornadoes that
visited central Florida night before last here stateside. While it
was not a Katrina or Indonesian Tsunami level event, it was a serious
reminder nevertheless. (02)
Cheers,
Rex (03)
At 8:48 AM -0700 2/3/07, Carl Reed OGC Account wrote:
>So, it really is all about Geography! :-)
>
>Geography, the mother of all sciences . . .
>
>Carl Reed
>A geographer.
>
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>Subject: [ontolog-forum] the god of boundary
>
>
>> Not sure if this is worth discussing, in fact I hope not, but want to
>> share this cause its funny As I said before, I do take slight issue
>> when my language is referred to as 'non standard', no offense taken at
>> all, but when it comes to language I like to be meaningful
>>
>> with reference to earlier posts arguing the appropriate choice of term for
>> 'ontology is a set of terms...'
>> please note that
>>
>> TERM
>>
>> The meaning "word or phrase used in a limited or precise sense" is
>> first recorded c.1378, from M.L. use to render Gk. horos "boundary,"
>> employed in mathematics and logic.
>>
>>
>> c.1225, terme "limit in time, set or appointed period," from O.Fr.
>> terme "limit of time or place" (11c.), from L. terminus "end, boundary
>> line," related to termen "boundary, end" (see terminus).
>>
>> In ancient Rome, Terminus was the name of the deity who presided over
>> boundaries and landmarks, focus of the important Roman festival of
>> Terminalia (held Feb. 23, the end of the old Roman year)
>>
>>
>> see
>> http://www.etymonline.com/
>>
>> also worth noting the search mode there
>>
>>
>>
>> Paola Di Maio
>> (Q.e.D)
>>
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