RE: [huml-comment] PC-33 -Section 4.4.6-race

[cognite@zianet.com]

At 01:00 PM 02-12-2002 -0600, you wrote:
>From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamilton@acm.org]
>
>>That's a big step from a measurable physical characteristic.  Is this going
>>to be added to the specification?
>

Len replied:

>It would depend on the codelist.  And that is application dependent.  It's 
>a good point though; race is probably not a physical characteristic until 
>it is enumerated further or measurable.  On the other hand, it can be a 

Even a " standard codelist one finds in many public safety 
applications " is local to certain cultural contexts.  Preferable to
in effect teaching application of divisive criteria, is the huml work
toward a framework for using commonalities to bridge across contexts.

Relegating the term to  secondary, user-developed extensions rather
than leaving it in the huml primary seems merited, on grounds of
objectivity as discussed, and in view of the huml goal of ameliorating
 misunderstandings  in increasingly global communication.

SC