[Tagging] "No abbreviations in names" edge case

Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Wed Jun 18 10:53:47 UTC 2014


2014-06-18 11:50 GMT+02:00 François Lacombe <
francois.lacombe at telecom-bretagne.eu>:

> Could someone precise me why abbreviations should always be avoided in
> tagging please ?



because you can automatically create an abbreviated version from an
expanded version (for better results with the help of a dictionary), but
the other way round is impossible (without understanding of the context).

cheers,
Martin
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