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On 18 May 2010 16:29, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Mike Taylor wrote: >> >> What communities? > > All I know is we here on this very list had some people _insisting_ that > "federated search" _really_ meant aggregated index, and "meta search" > _really_ meant broadcast search, and other people insisting the opposite. > Both sides had citations to the literature. > > I'm uninterested in arguing about what words "really" mean. Clearly these > words have been used both ways in the profession and the literature. > > So I don't see any way around it by trying to find other words that attempt > be harder to use more than one way. As you can see, I like "broadcast > search" and "aggregated index". > >> Maybe we on the CODE4LIB list collectively carry >> enough weight that we could take the most prevalent meanings and >> propagate them? >> > > Ha, ha. Good luck with that. What we CAN do is spend a couple months > arguing about what the words REALLY mean on the list (we're good at that), > and then vote, and then have everyone else ignore the vote anyway. Ha, ha indeed. You are of course right. You're also right that "broadcast search" and "aggregated index" are both explicit terms not susceptible to misinterpretation. We should try to remember to use those instead. Sign me up! > > Jonathan > >