From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: MON KEY Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: tags for functions Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:07:23 -0500 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232611665 3566 80.91.229.12 (22 Jan 2009 08:07:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:07:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: tzz@lifelogs.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 22 09:08:57 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LPucR-0006mY-PA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:08:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38970 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LPubA-0000a6-Cy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:07:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LPub5-0000ZV-E7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:07:31 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LPub2-0000X5-OF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:07:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56301 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LPub2-0000Ws-E1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:07:28 -0500 Original-Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.168]:6693) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LPub1-0003J1-1J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:07:27 -0500 Original-Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 28so4067350wfc.24 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:07:24 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.142.141.21 with SMTP id o21mr1441961wfd.308.1232611643954; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:07:23 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Sender-Auth: 11b930b4e7f2595d X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:108076 Archived-At: >2) refine the keywords into a simple taxonomy that is not too big nor too small. > The first question I have is, how to associate keywords with a function? Keep in mind that a taxonomic description of code's content/concepts is entirely different from a coded object class hierarchy - the distinction is subtle and all to often overlooked... esp. by programmers who *are* in fact quite adept at creating taxonomy in code. Please consider examining the following standard for a comprehensive approach to accomplishing this task with optimal consideration of TRT. ANSI/NISO Z39.19-2005 Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies ISBN: 1-880124-65-3 Available here: http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-19-2005.pdf