[Sigia-l] Re: Core set of classification terms

[Laura Norvig]

At 2:45 PM +0000 2/4/03, mahons1 at eircom.net wrote:
>>What I'm noticing is the emergence of a core set of web-based 
>>classifications, regardless of the language. Classifications like: 
>>Home, About, Contact, Feedback. Even if this is not always the 
>>case, it is certainly true that within English-language websites, 
>>these terms are beginning to dominate.
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>Whilst I am loath to argue with my fellow countryman I do have to 
>point out that such terms would hardly be counted as 
>'classification' terms by purists. Classifying is the science (art?) 
>of grouping items in similar categories (I know that is a short hand 
>definition, but illustrative). What Gerry calls classification terms 
>may be more normally known as descriptors.
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Descriptor is not quite the right word either, at least in the 
nomenclature I use. I think of a descriptor in the library science 
sense - a keyword (usually one of several) that helps define a 
particular article, file, document.

Home, About, Contact, Feedback are what I would call "labels".

-Laura