[xtm-wg] tag line: the GPS metaphor and other metaphors

[Jim Farrugia <jim@spatial.maine.edu>]

Hi,

Just a few thoughts on this...

1) I think we should pick our metaphors carefully.  For the GPS metaphor,
for example, I would ask "What does GPS allow us to do?"  And I would suggest
(not knowing the right answer) that the answer might be along these 
lines: "It allows us to locate ourselves or other things by means of 
coordinates in a given (earth-based) frame of reference / coordinate 
system."  

Then I would ask,  "OK,  well, how do Topic Maps help you get precise 
location information (analgous to coordinates) in a  particular 
'information frame of reference' within your own (information)  universe?"  

Is this locating feature of one thing relative to another the key virtue 
of Topic Maps that we want to plug? 


2) I realize my question may not be the right question for this metaphor,
and my answer may not the right answer for the question.  But, ... 
I think that whatever metaphor is chosen, certain questions will 
inevitably come up that the group will want to be reasonably sure that 
they can answer well enough so that the metaphor continues to make sense
after a bit of probing.


I'm not against any of the metaphors or suggestions that have been
made.  I just don't want to see us make a stab at something and then 
later have to backpeddle because we haven't thought through certain 
implications of the metaphors we've chosen.


>From the sidelines,

Jim


On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Jack Park wrote:

> Ditto.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mason, James (MXM) <mxm@ornl.gov>
> To: <xtm-wg@egroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 1:02 PM
> Subject: RE: [xtm-wg] New poll for xtm-wg
> 
> 
> > I second Murray's "GPS for an Information Universe"
> > I, too, think just saying "Web" is too restrictive.
> >
> > Jim Mason
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Murray Altheim [SMTP:murray.altheim@eng.sun.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 03:04 p.m.
> > > To: xtm-wg@egroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [xtm-wg] New poll for xtm-wg
> > >
> > > Murray Altheim wrote:
> > > >
> > > > xtm-wg@egroups.com wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Enter your vote today!  Check out the new poll for the xtm-wg
> > > > > group:
> > > > >
> > > > > Which of the following do you prefer as
> > > > > a marketing tag-line for
> > > > > TopicMaps.org/XTM?
> > > > >
> > > > > You may vote for one or more choices.
> > > > >
> > > > > Voting will be concluded at 11:00 AM
> > > > > eastern time on Tuesday, Nov.21.
> > > > >
> > > > >   o GPS for the Web
> > > >
> > > > My first choice.
> > > >
> > > > >   o Untangling the Web
> > > > write-in: "Detangling the Web"
> > >
> > > Oh- if 'the Web' is too limiting:
> > >
> > >    "GPS for an Information Universe"
> > >
> > > Perhaps the poll should wait until the gamut of choices has settled
> down,
> > > or you should put a deadline on when that occurs.
> > >
> > > Murray
> > >
> > >
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