On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Paul Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 4:50 AM, François Lacombe < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Could someone precise me why abbreviations should always be avoided in >> tagging please ? >> > > This is already explained at length in the wiki, but chiefly because it > disambiguates things a lot. Data consumers can create abbreviations from > full words, but expanding abbreviations accurately in an automated fashion > is about as hard as writing a program that can pass a Turing test. > > Indeed. This was driven home for me when my GPS announced "You have arrived at your destination, the Cathedral of Street Paul."
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