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Subject: Re: [xsl] What is a better word for "de-duplication"?
From: "Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:20:43 -0700

Do we have a good word for "take one from every group"?

Something like "unique ranking",  or "sampling", or "full
representation" or shall I say "setification"?

On 8/27/06, M. David Peterson <m.david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
extended: where a 'key delegate' would represent a single instance of
multiple occurence.

M. David Peterson wrote:
> keyed delegation
>
> Jay Bryant wrote:
>> That's a tough one.
>>
>> streamline?
>> unify?
>> reduce?
>> trim?
>>
>> None of those quite fits, though.
>>
>> English has a number of nouns for the basic concept, including
>> "unique" and
>> "distinct". However, I can't think of (or find online) a verb for that
>> concept.
>>
>> FWIW (not much, I suspect)
>>
>> Jay Bryant
>> Bryant Communication Services
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dimitre Novatchev"
>> <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 7:41 PM
>> Subject: [xsl] What is a better word for "de-duplication"?
>>
>>
>>
>>> I want to use a single, short word to express the act of removing
>>> duplicates from a node-set. I remember seing the word "de-duplication"
>>> used, however it sounds ugly.
>>>
>>> Could someone suggest a better word, please?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers,
>>> Dimitre Novatchev
>>> ---------------------------------------
>>> Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant
>>> intelligence.
>>> ---------------------------------------
>>> To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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/M:D

M. David Peterson
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Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev
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Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence.
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To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk


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