Comments on: Vocabulary control http://blog.niceperson.org/2004/05/14/vocabulary-control/ Making it up as I go along. Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: nichole http://blog.niceperson.org/2004/05/14/vocabulary-control/comment-page-1/#comment-341 nichole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.niceperson.org/2004/05/14/vocabulary-control/#comment-341 You know, I just heard someone use these terms interchangeably ... I can't quite remember where, but I have a sinking feeling it was at a recent LITA regional workshop on XML (if Dorothea's reading maybe she can confirm or deny that). You know, I just heard someone use these terms interchangeably ... I can't quite remember where, but I have a sinking feeling it was at a recent LITA regional workshop on XML (if Dorothea's reading maybe she can confirm or deny that).

]]> By: Jeff http://blog.niceperson.org/2004/05/14/vocabulary-control/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.niceperson.org/2004/05/14/vocabulary-control/#comment-342 Sorry to come out against you, but I've been calling server logs <q>weblogs</q> for a long time. In fact, I've heard them called that since at least 1997, which puts the usage which annoys you as much older (in terms of the internet and the world wide web). The usage probably dates from at least 1995. On the other hand, the use of weblog to mean blog has only cropped up recently. Back in the day, when I was first starting, we called them <q>online journals</q>, or when we refered to them quickly, <q>rant pages</q>. For historical reference, this was while websites which used databases in blog-like applications were first being developed. Slash hadn't even been released. PHP and Mod_Perl had just come onto the scene (before about this time CGI had been king). So, weblog as in <q>blog</q> is the new usage. Words have multiple meanings, often in similar contexts. Blog has taken over as the shortened version for weblog, so it is pretty safe to continue to use weblog for server log. Jeff Sorry to come out against you, but I've been calling server logs weblogs for a long time. In fact, I've heard them called that since at least 1997, which puts the usage which annoys you as much older (in terms of the internet and the world wide web). The usage probably dates from at least 1995.

On the other hand, the use of weblog to mean blog has only cropped up recently. Back in the day, when I was first starting, we called them online journals, or when we refered to them quickly, rant pages.

For historical reference, this was while websites which used databases in blog-like applications were first being developed. Slash hadn't even been released. PHP and Mod_Perl had just come onto the scene (before about this time CGI had been king).

So, weblog as in blog is the new usage. Words have multiple meanings, often in similar contexts. Blog has taken over as the shortened version for weblog, so it is pretty safe to continue to use weblog for server log.

Jeff

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