[Sigia-l] scheme v. schema

[Ruth Kaufman]

...to say nothing of "schemata" :-)

Thanks for your POV.

Ruth

On 8/9/07, Charles Zicari <czicari at organic.com> wrote:
> I generally have a "don't expend energy on battling over terminology"
> policy.  However, it's a slow day and so there's extra energy to expend.
> My personal take is that there's no difference in definition between the
> terms scheme and schema.  And it's also my take that, at least at this
> point in time, it's a personal preference as to which to use.  It's sort
> of like the old battle of personae vs. personas to describe the plural
> of the term where the grammatically correct yet more awkward version
> lost.
>
> Charlie Zicari
> Manager - Information Architecture
> Organic, Inc
> threeminds.organic.com
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of Ruth Kaufman
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 1:54 PM
> > To: SIGIA-L
> > Subject: [Sigia-l] scheme v. schema
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I need to craft a statement that explains the difference between the
> > notion of a scheme and a schema -- as in classification scheme v.
> > schema (not XML schema, per se).
> >
> > The context: I'm preparing a workshop for content strategists about
> > classification and taxonomy work and deliverables. This statement will
> > be included in the training materials, and I will also do my best to
> > use the nomenclature consistently in my ongoing communications.
> >
> > My thinking is that 'scheme' is a more general, "plain English" term
> > for things and ideas that resemble an information classification
> > concept, model or plan. Whereas a 'schema' is an artifact or
> > deliverable -- a scheme that is documented and implementable.
> >
> > Does this sound right? Other considerations?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Ruth
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