Re: [SKOS] "Lexicalization" or "term"?

Hi Tom,
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 10:36:23AM +0200, Antoine Isaac wrote:
>   
>> To add to this mutual clarification process: as said, nothing like a 
>> "term" appears now in current SKOS, it only popped up in the discussion 
>> because of loosely wording used in the proposals for solving the 
>> RelationshipBetweenLabels issue. [and of course I share a great deal of 
>> responsability for that :-(] Hence my will to replace"term"by 
>> "Lexicalization" (or by anything more neutral than "term") in Guus' 
>> proposal 
>> (http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/wiki/SkosDesign/RelationshipsBetweenLabels/ProposalThree)
>>     
>
> One problem is that "lexicalization" is not defined in
> the average desk dictionary. 
How about http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/lexicalization ? Is it too 
unclear, or too process-oriented?
>  If I were to guess at it's
> meaning, out of this context, I'd have said "the process of
> lexicalizing", and I see that some linguists use lexicalization
> to refer to the process of making a word for a concept,
> but these meanings are misleading for what we want to say here.
>
> Given a choice between "lexicalization" and "term", I'd
> still go for "term" but agree we should try to find something
> more neutral.
>   
Clearly "term" should be avoided. "LexicalToken"? "LabelResource"? I am 
ready to accept anything ;-)

Antoine

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