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Re: Thoughts on Parts Taxonomy
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lugnet.db.brictionary
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Sun, 12 May 2002 12:30:07 GMT
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In lugnet.db.brictionary, Geoffrey Hyde writes:
> http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/4716
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> Dan, would what you're saying allow more obvious names like "worm gear" - as
> I think of it, because that's what it logically interacts with and looks
> like to me, at least - help me to find that name for a part often used in
> gear-reduction applications?
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> The name "worm screw" just doesn't sound logical, I've always thought of it
> as a "worm gear" as that's how LEGO named it - also, "screw" could be
> mistaken to mean threaded, as in screws that are screwed into wood - this
> gear definitely isn't a "screw" in that sense of the term.
that part (and it's name) come from partsref - we try to use partsref names
whenever we can, unless it's for a part that isn't available as a dat yet.
But even for X numbers (our custom parts), we will eventually rename them to
whatever the LDraw guys come up with...
So the place you should push for a change here is partsref, not peeron :)
Dan
PS. on the plus side, I did add "worm gear" to the keywords of this part, so
it should show up in searches as such. :)
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| "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message news:Gw0027.A1p@lugnet.com... (...) You mean ldraw, perhaps, as someone else pointed out? (...) so (...) That's basically what I was after - "common sense" names (keywords) for commonly sought-after (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| (URL) would what you're saying allow more obvious names like "worm gear" - as I think of it, because that's what it logically interacts with and looks like to me, at least - help me to find that name for a part often used in gear-reduction (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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