[sigCR] name of SIG

[Greenberg, Jane]

:)

Name change ~ or not.. it's the reflection and promotion of the SIG's coverage/scope, and engaging folks.  some nice enthusiasm here and in other messages too!  

Best wishes, jane


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From: sigcr-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigcr-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Ray R. Larson
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 5:04 PM
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Subject: Re: [sigCR] name of SIG

Or you could just change the abbreviation to SIGClass, so that everyone would know which is the classy SIG :)

Ray


On 5/2/12 6:03 AM, Jens-Erik Mai wrote:
> A more encompassing name might be:
>
> "Concept, idea, document, image, artefact, idea, text, event, book, platypus, number and information classification."
>
> or to be more precise:
>
> "Stuff classification"
>
> I can't think anything to classify that isn't stuff...
>
> :-)
>
> Perhaps it is better to simply stay with: Classification.
>
> Jens-Erik
>
>
>
> On May-01-2012, at 12:09 PM, Susanne Humphrey wrote:
>
>> A more modern-sounding name might be:
>>
>> Text and Image Classification
>>
>> (unless that somehow doesn't cover all classification - but I can't 
>> think of anything to classify that isn't text or image, at the 
>> moment)
>>
>> I know that LHC calls what they do TC = Text Classification so such a 
>> name might appeal to people doing research that call it text 
>> classification or image classification, and therefore draw them to the SIG.
>>
>> Anyway, for what it's worth.
>>
>> Susanne Humphrey
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