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Subject:RE: "Meta".......(Was "Passing the Flame") From:"Richard G. Combs" <richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 7 Dec 2000 11:15:25 -0700
Visit The Metadata(r) Company site at http://www.metadata.com and check out
"What is Metadata -- The Mark vs. the Word" in the navigation bar.
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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Voyant Technologies, Inc.
richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com
303-223-5111
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rgcombs -at- free-market -dot- net
303-777-0436
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Grossman [mailto:Doug -dot- Grossman -at- sas -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 8:52 AM
> Subject: "Meta".......(Was "Passing the Flame")
>
>
> This actually has nothing to do with "passing the flame."
> However, John's use of the pseudoword "metawork" brought a
> question to the forefront of my mind concerning the use of the
> word (or words) "meta data." Whether it actually is one or two
> words is the crux of the question, as many of you have figured
> out by reading this far. We wanted to use "metadata," but word
> got out that this would be a bad thing, because supposedly, that
> word was trademarked by a corporation going by that very name.
> Whether or not this is true, we decided to play it safe when we
> heard that, and we use "meta data" instead. Can anyone shed some
> light on this?
>
> ---Doug (Doug -dot- Grossman -at- SAS -dot- com)
>
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