Actually I was thinking of something like the excellent Parks Canada, Glass
Glossary, except for every artefact category. It would be about 50000 pages
I guess. Not even Mitch would publish it.

However then comes the problem of getting everyone to use it in the same
way. What's the expression "like herding cats".

Then come the issues of multiple functions and recycling.

Perhaps KISS is the underlying principle.

Iain Stuart

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From: "Geoff Carver" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 6:10 AM
Subject: Re: Functional categories


does the smithsonian still put out that humungous taxonomy?

"Iain Stuart" <[log in to unmask]> schrieb:
I imagine it would
> be a sort of Munsell Book of Colour but with 5000 more pages.