Thank you I understand that.

John Fisher
Angelo State University

At 01:23 PM 1/31/01 -0800, Issaquah Historical Society Info wrote:
>While "mechanical easter bunnies" is the object title that will probably be
>used, their classification/categorization is another thing entirely.  The
>purpose is not to find a super-scientific name, but to find a standardized
>term to reduce confusion. If you use a standardized lexicon, then two items
>which two people might usually call two different things (say a "sofa" and a
>"davenport") can be determined to be one or the other. Then when someone
>wants to search the database for all the sofas, they can get an accurate
>list (instead of also having to search for davenport, couch, or whatever
>else one might call such an item).
>
>Standardization is what makes a database useful.
>
>Erica S. Maniez
>Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>> Behalf Of John, Sonia Fisher
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 11:39 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Mechanical Easter Bunnies!?!?!?!
>>
>>
>> What's wrong with "mechanical easter bunnies c.1950?" Why is it we need to
>> give this super specific name that no one would understand but the one who
>> named it? I know I am not in the museum industry yet but I am
>> aspiring. And
>> graduate from Angelo State in May.
>>
>> JOhn
>>
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