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What words describe the Lego elements?
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lugnet.db.brictionary
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Wed, 2 Feb 2000 07:56:01 GMT
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BBOURN@avoidspamMAIL1.NAI.NET
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One of the tasks of the bricktionary is to allow the
identification of an in-hand Lego element. The user would supply
various descriptor words based on what he sees of the object in front
of him. What might then happen is a sort of expert system series of
questions by the B'ary to narrow the possibilities of identification.
So, other than color, how *could* people identify a Lego element?
Please bear in mind that saying that a piece comes from such and such
a Lego set or is used in some Lego theme or other only works for the
Lego-savvy folks. I mean questions like: what shape is it? How big?
How many studs on top?
What else can you think of? Remember, the descriptions made by a
neophyte or a child might make the clearest and sharpest distinctions
among the myriad Lego elements.
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
Bill Bourn
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: What words describe the Lego elements?
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| (...) I had also thought about this subject. One of the names that also should appear in the Lepanadat project is some sort of systematic name. This would allow people to find a picture of the piece and the various names for the piece. I had a few (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
| | | Re: What words describe the Lego elements?
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| (...) From the discussion so far, I can tell that some of us may be confusing a classification system with being able to identify a Lego element. In the perfect database, the inquiry about a piece would not need to know *anything* about how the data (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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