Re: [xsl] What is a better word for "de-duplication"?

[Andrew Franz <afranz0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wendell Piez wrote:

> Dear Dimitre,
>
> At 08:41 PM 8/27/2006, you wrote:
>
> > 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.
Normalisation


> It's certainly an ugly word, indeed I cringe every time I hear or use it.
>
> On the other hand, it's an old word, having been used (for example) by 
> librarians for quite some time, to designate an operation that for 
> them is very common well outside an XML/XSLT context. In other words, 
> I've been cringing when I hear it for longer than I've know markup 
> systems.
>
> If I had a good alternative, I'd gladly contemplate using it. Yet this 
> is the word know to many "information professionals" (another term I'd 
> like to do without).
>
> Cheers,
> Wendell