On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:14:20 +0200, "Keith J. Schultz" <schultzk@uni-trier.de> wrote:
the o.c.d. people love to focus on these minute details, which make very little difference at all -- who cares how "van holst" is sorted?, or if the "van" is capitalized or not?, or indeed whether it is "capitalised" or not?, because a search for "holst" is gonna find it no matter what you do -- and, as if this insignificance wasn't bad enough, such compulsiveness usually causes full paralysis. Here BB is right on the point.
Not quite. If I am looking for a book written by a particular author, I want to be able to search for his or her name and not for all books about that particular author. Therefore metadata has a, albeit in this era of sophisticated search algorithms, somewhat reduced, purpose. And to that particular bird that is usually relegated to my spambox: I really do care whether the 'van' part in my family names is capitalised or not. I'm rather proud of it and do not need beastly pseudonyms to cower behind. Regards, Walter