Roy Tennant is too smart to have an official position on this. Best to work it out yourselves. :-)
Roy

On Jun 5, 2012, at 1:06 PM, Ethan Gruber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The begs the question, what is the official Roy Tennant position on baloney
> vs. bologna?  May I suggest a viaf-like resource for food, in which I may
> prefer the baloney label while allowing my data to be cross-searchable with
> bologna records?  Is there an RDF ontology for this???
> 
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Kevin S. Clarke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:55 PM, BWS Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>>  Bacon   == Seal of Approval
>>>>  Bologna == Seal of Disapproval
>>>>  Salami  == Seal of No Approval Needed
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>    This has some serious flaws. I'm concerned about the relationships
>> between the desirability of the bespoke seals as they relate to the appeal
>> of the meats themselves. While yea, bacon is nearly universal in its
>> appeal, that one seems on the mark. Alas, bologna as the seal of
>> disapproval might fall a bit short. While one might jump to proffer spam in
>> its place, Hawai'ians quite like spam, leaving us all in a bit of a
>> quandry. Olive loaf, perhaps? And while salame is a most excellent meat,
>> perhaps fois gras more aptly conveys the aboutness of not giving a damn
>> about one's approval or lack thereof.
>>> 
>>>     What say you cataloguing mafia? Surely we must honour the aboutness
>> of meat and approval lest we needs OCLC to intervene more often than is
>> strictly necessary in our mortal affairs.
>> 
>> I'm vegan now, but having eaten it as a child, may I suggest chicken
>> livers for the Seal of Disapproval? Blech!  And, as a vegan, I'd
>> stretch bounds of the Seal of No Approval Needed to tempeh.  That
>> seems appropriate.
>> 
>> Fwiw...
>> Kevin
>>