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3 total messages Started by sandoval_perry Mon, 14 Sep 1992 18:14

#203

Author: sandoval_perry
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 18:14

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Does anyone know where I can find the following:

o	An acronym/term database (ftp-able)
o	An acronym/term database in SGML (also ftp-able)

Is anyone interested in such a beast?

Would anyone be interested in helping me create one?

If I see an acronym in a magazine article and add it to my list of acronyms
do I have to note where I found the informaton?

While I've got your attention, does anyone know where I can get PostScript
Japanese Hiragana and Kanji characters?

Thanks

Perry Sandoval
Los Alamos National Laboratory
sandoval_perry@allin1.adpdp2.lanl.gov

Re: Acronym/term lists.

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Author: Alasdair Grant
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 09:23

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In article <14SEP199211140381@adpdp2.lanl.gov> sandoval_perry@allin1.adpdp2.lanl.gov (sandoval_perry) writes:
>Does anyone know where I can find the following:
>o	An acronym/term database (ftp-able)
>o	An acronym/term database in SGML (also ftp-able)
>
>Is anyone interested in such a beast?

I have one, which includes a list of ISO/CCITT/ECMA/ANSI standards (well,
all the interesting ones) but the SGML is far from perfect. The problem is
attributes versus sub-elements, as usual, and also the notating of some
complex semantics (e.g. how you notate the fact that ODA stands for one
thing in ISO, and another thing in CCITT and ECMA, but they are nevertheless
the same thing; and how do you notate the relation between different bodies'
adoptions of the same standards, especially when they have changed over
time, as with X.400, or the irritating habit some companies have of
re-defining what their acronyms stand for!)

It is a mess at the moment as I am still experimenting with different
DTDs, but I will try to make it available soon.

Re: Acronym/term lists.

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Author: MASON J D
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 17:03

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TEI has a project to develop a DTD for a terminological record. I don't
have an e-mail address for the project leader, but you might contact 

Dr. Richard A. Strehlow
Termco, Inc.
P.O. Box 52327
Knoxville, TN 37950-2327 U.S.A.
+1 615 690 36 24 (voice/FAX switched)

Jim Mason
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
masonjd@ornl.gov

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