James Weinheimer wrote:
>> But then, what exactly would a new name actually change?
>
> It may focus some people's attention. Unfortunately, these things really do
> seem to make a difference in how people relate to you. Also, as Owen points
> out, it also can make us feel differently about ourselves. The "catalog" has
> always been insular and separated from many other related tools.
>
Granted, all of this. What I meant was, however, a change in substance
and function, not in anyone's feelings about it.
>
> I don't know what new name to call it, but you would never get anything like
> consensus. The idea is to just start calling it ____ and see what happens. A
> good name would probably catch on--but I am very, very bad at naming things.
>
That's what I was saying - no one so far came up with a name that was at
once appealing, nice, brief, internationally understandable and
evocative of all the right connotations. One may drop some of these
prerequisites, and then get to monikers like these:
coogle
knoogle
catoogle
cataloogle
or the less obvious
accessor
cataplex
catarix
catrax
carax (many will have read "The Shadow of the wind")
but only if all else fails, the obnoxious, pedestrian acronym
OPAC
which even here in Germany some end-users do seem to know and use.
B.Eversberg
Received on Tue Feb 17 2009 - 07:56:56 EST