-----Original Message----- >From: "J. McRee Elrod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Why not a simple word, linked to >that same concept in other languages via a translation program? Why >the intermediate "identifier"?
Because "simple words" are only simple for humans, and only for humans who understand those words. Everything we do today will be manipulated by computers, and computers do not understand words. So we have to always think about the machine when we create our data. However, that doesn't mean that we don't design our data for humans; we have to design for both. kc Karen Coyle - on the Road [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: kcoylenet
