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From: mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel)
Subject: Re: Jargon File Editorial Philosophy
Message-ID: <1990Dec7.180409.398@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
References: <1Yh2D8#44K9D41f8QQk5qw1fx64Q7TX=eric@snark.thyrsus.com> <12418@milton.u.washington.edu> <1990Dec6.091013.26270@lth.se>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 90 18:04:09 GMT

     If you are trying to create a dictionary of something, why not look
at what professional dictionary editors do?  Put all entries into one
alphabetical list and mark some of them (in parentheses) as obsolete.
For instance:

foo: (noun, obsolete) a small furry animal which lives in computer ventilation
slots.

This would allow a wide variety of anotations, including ethymology.
The only stuff that should go into appendices is stuff that doesn't
naturally fit into the main dictionary's simple alphabetic listing.

				Marc R. Roussel
                                mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca