[Sigia-l] locations of synonym terms in hierarchical taxonomies?

[brett]

I wouldn't think it would be difficult to decide, I can't imagine too many 
people refer to ATMs as another but ATM; even if a certain few use the full 
blown term, I would still think they use the abbreviated version more often 
than not.

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:47:17 -0600, Todd Levy wrote
> I can't really figure out how this relates to the original thread, 
> but if you have the same acronym for two different terms, you might 
> consider having two entries with qualifiers.
> 
> --| ATM (bank equipment)
> --| ATM (relay standard)
> 
> Perhaps these are a little wordy, though.
> 
> Either way, the hard part would be choosing which to use as 
> preferred -- the abbreviation or full form.
> 
> TL
> 
> P.S. Riveting reading material...
> http://download.www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/pdf/free/228866/z39-19a.pdf
> 
> >Message: 4
> >From: Holly Hanna <holly at indeterminate.net>
> >Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:48:58 -0800 (PST)
> >Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] locations of synonym terms in hierarchical 
> >taxonomies?
> >
> >if you've got content that addresses both automatic teller machines (ATM) 
> >and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (also ATM), it could make sense to make the
> >acronym a synonym to both authority terms, since you couldn't be certain
> >which concept the searcher was seeking when they typed in ATM.
> 
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