This paper describes a proposal for an interoperable metadata model, based on international standards, that has been designed to enable the description, exchange and sharing of multimedia resources both within and between cultural institutions. Domain-specific ontologies have been developed by two different ISO Working Groups to standardize the…

This analysis focuses on the question of whether or not pictures or illustrations are language. Discussion focuses on the differences between pictures and language, with attention to structure, geometry, grammar, rules of interpretation, and semantics. The case is made that pictures are not language essentially because: (1) they do not have…

This document presents a brief overview of the history and origins of mainly European family names from the 1100s forward, and is envisioned as a one class-period session for secondary or college English teachers and those interested in semantics. Sections included are history of naming, reasons for naming, guidelines for name origins, and special…

"Ombudsman" is derived from the Swedish word meaning agent or representative. It has come to denote a trusted commissioner or agent who looks after the interests or legal affairs of a particular group. Through their unique access to information and investigative authority, ombudsmen often bring endemic problems within child serving systems to the…

Discusses the numbing of creativity our society encourages and suggests elements of a creative behavior program that aims to increase the creative behavior of adults. (TO)

This tongue-in-cheek article writted by the late Fred Barnes was first published in May 1967. It is being reprinted in this issue as a reminder that useful educational research avoids the pitfall of pointlessly massaging the obvious. (Editor)

To determine equivalence of problem perception over audio, video, and transcript media, 10 interview segments were presented to subjects to rate under two conditions. Semantic differential showed differences between emotional and educational/vocational problems. Audio and video media were equivalent while transcripts evoked more devalued…

The experiments reported here investigated the influence of two variables upon recognition memory for nouns. (Author/RK)

The Saussurean thesis of arbitrariness of the sign is considered incomplete since it specifies only vertical and not horizontal relations. (DD)

Revised version of a paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on Salish Languages, Bellingham, Washington, August 1972; research supported by the Research Council of the University of Massachusetts, the Society of Sigma Xi, and the American Council of Learned Societies. (DD)

Research supported by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Ohio State University. (DD)