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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 >>