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Subject:	Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Thu, 8 Jul 1999 17:39:14 GMT
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On Thu, 8 Jul 1999 17:03:26 GMT, "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote: > > This seems like it is reaching critical mass (a good thing) and perhaps at > this point a dedicated newsgroup should be created for this (i.e., efforts > to standardize parts nomenclature). > > How does > > lugnet.db.brictionary > > sound? Sounds good. Right place in the hierarchy. > I wouldn't quite put it beneath lugnet.db.inv because inventories are just > one possible application of parts names. And it's not actually part names, but a parts identification database, right? Having standard/prefered names is good, but it's the pictures (and maybe schematics) that actually identify the part.

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		Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
(...) Steve, I totally agree what is needed is a complete classification/taxonomy system so you can find a part. The naming component is useful and interesting but this project should be a parts database not just a name database. If the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)

		Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
(...) Right. Identification and reference and browsing and all that. Massively cross-referenced within itself and to/from set inventories, MOC's, and the marketplace. So it's really a sub-database of the larger database. The "Brictionary" part is (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)

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(...) Not to overwhelm kl.net, but if a piece can be indentified in an old manual that has been scanned maybe a DB field could mention that. Doesn't have to be a direct link, but it might be a good common reference point. Mark (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)

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		Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
This seems like it is reaching critical mass (a good thing) and perhaps at this point a dedicated newsgroup should be created for this (i.e., efforts to standardize parts nomenclature). How does lugnet.db.brictionary sound? I wouldn't quite put it (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)

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