On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 3:47 PM, "mitcho (Michael 芳貴 Erlewine)" <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> > Something like this:
> > overlord=Go|Open|Load|Start
> >
> > Then that command would respond to each of those, and Ubiquity would
> > have a database that keeps track of which overlord words that are in
> > use and which command that uses which.
>
> Natanael, I like the idea of registering subverbs (to coin a new (and
> confusing) phrase) against a set of overlord verbs which semantically
> go together. I envision this as having different "buckets" to register
> against... one for search engines, one for "things you can add things
> to", one for "things you switch on and off" etc.
>
> For example, perhaps we could register a "light switch" against
> "things you switch on and off". You do this once and then you can use
> "turn off light switch" and "turn on light switch".
>
> This would help with internationalization down the line, as well, in
> case we needed to have different overlord verbs with different
> argument structures for different different languages, but using the
> same "buckets".
>
> (There must be a better word for this than "buckets"...)
>
> mitcho

Categories?

>

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