August 2010 (Q3) All Terms

Danielle Aloia — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:22:26 GMT

Astronautics

NTL Comments: BT: Air transportation; Committee Discussion: Q3 2009 ; previous research: 2009 Term research

MK Comments: MK requested this term. Notation should reflect fact that the term is a scientific/technical discipline, not part of a mode of transportation: Ttkbd.

Discussion:

AE: Agree that it should be added.

ST: Aeronautics is Tpxsfh. The notation discussions will make us crazy, but why should the one be science and the other, engineering? McGraw Hill says that the diff between the two is the extent to which the vehicles are influenced by the Earth. And then their is the concept of Flight in the Q facet (vehicles). Astronautics includes the idea of vehicle operation in addition to the engineering.

Committee Consensus:

Park until we get a more detailed and authoritative definition.

See http://www.sti.nasa.gov/98Thesaurus/vol1.pdf

Definition: The science of space flight including the design, construction, and operation of spacecraft. SN: use of a more specific term is recommended.

See where to place within the thesaurus.

Bicycle counts

NPT

NTL Comments: USE Traffic counts; per Q2 2010 discussion, look at making NPT to Traffic counts

MK Comments: I do not see sufficient use of this term to warrant its addition to the TRT as a UF. Also, it is generally unwise to make a narrower concept into a UF leading to a BT.

Discussion: Q2 2010 discussion

AE: Agree with inclusion. Disagree with MK. Generic posting methodology allows for it.

ST: Q2 discussion suggests making this an NT under Traffic counts. How about that?

AE: to ST- that seems OK

Committee Consensus:

Traffic count vs. Parking lot/Bike rack count. Not in prime time yet. Kendra will do more research to present to committee. Park for one year.

Bicycle safety

Proposed defintion: The reduction of bicycle injuries and fatalities; SCOPE NOTE: Also use for educational and promotional programs supporting the reduction of bicycling injuries and fatalities; SOURCE: Team

NTL Comments: BT: Transportation safety; see Q2 2010 preferred terms wiki -- need a definition; notation OK

MK comments:

Discussion:

AE: Agree with inclusion. Have a problem with proposed definition. Bicycle safety is about the methods or practices designed to reduce the risk of bicycle injuries and fatalities. Not just the reduction of them.

ST: Add. Agree with Andy about the definition.

Q2 2010 discussion

Committee Consensus:

Revise definition according to AE.

Bicycle usage

NPT

NTL Comments: USE Bicycle travel; per Q2 2010 discussion, look at making NPT of Bicycle travel

MK Comments:

Discussion: Q2 2010 discussion

AE: Agree

ST: Agree

Committee Consensus:

Agree

Bolted joints

Decline

NTL Comments: "Bolted joints are one of the most common elements in construction and machine design"--Wikipedia. -- LC Control Number: sh 85015450 -- Contributed by mkleiber 111 (none) CT 03/13/2010 MKleiber

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: Agree. Decline.

ST: Decline. No notation suggested.

Committee Consensus:

Agree

Branding

Decline

NTL Comments: MK merged CT-requested "Branding" with LCSH imported UF "Branding (Marketing) on 3/18/10 from NU-contributed records. Original term requested by UCB-BTRIS. 12 (none) CT 09/04/2008 MKleiber

MK Comments:

Discussion:

ST: Decline. Marketing should suffice. Definition from Dictionary of media studies: Practice of attaching distinctive associations and meanings to a product...

AE: Agree. Decline not enough literary warrant. Could add as a NPT to marketing.

Committee Consensus:

Change to a NPT under Marketing? Do we need to "wait & see" the lit. grow/develop? Park for 1 year.

Built environment

NTL Comments: BT: Design of specific facilities; per Q2 2010 discussion, appears to be more about design; parked to determine notation; singular form of term is what is used, not plural. Notation may depend on how term will be used (should be plural if you can count the term).

MK Comments:

Discussion: Q2 2010 discussion

AE: Agree. Seems like term should be plural if talking about more than one built environment.

ST: Disagree. Too weird to have this as an NT under a term with a narrower meaning. Perhaps it should go under Land use, taking into account that there can be built and not-built uses of land.

AE: Agree with ST on placement. This is a a larger concept than design of specific facilities.

LL: Asked SME for definition. It was suggested to take definition from "Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity." (http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/sr/sr282.pdf , p xiii)

Committee Consensus:

Committee agrees to add term. Need a definition & and TRT placement i.e., Land use planning/System design/Retrofitting/Transportation planning. Finish for next quarter.

Cap and trade

NPT

NTL Comments: USE: Emissions trading;

MK Comments:

Discussion:

ST: Agree with NPT under Emissions trading.

AE: Agree

Committee Consensus:

Agree.

Catenaries

Revised PT

NTL Comments: BT: Contact wires; move "Catenaries (Railroads)" with Contact wires and remove modal parenthetical reference in accordance with TRB report

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: DISAGREE - Parenthetical still needed. Catenary has a mathemetical concept as well. Need parenthatical to disambiguate between different concepts per ANSI/NISO guideline. Disagree on placement. Contact Wires are part of Cantenaries not visa versa. According to information within Wikipedia -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_lines and the definition source below http://trb.metapress.com/content/q4756rv135222432/fulltext.pdf), Catenary is a type of Overhead Contact System. Contact Wires are a part of both types of OCS according to the TRB Source. Also heard term "Catenary" being used by a structural engineer on Discovery Channel show about bridges.

MB: In the TRT, Catenaries is listed as a narrower term http://trt.trb.org/trt.asp?NN=Pmuc for Contact Wire(s) rather than the broader term - which seems to be the opposite from how we understand it. Another issue is the definition of Catenaries in TRT - it refers to locomotives, nothing about light rail or high speed rail. Contact Wire does come up as a related term within Rail Transit Facilities (which is were light rail and subway technologies would be).

I also see Catenaries used in literature associated with Cable Bridges, but that association is not in TRT. It really is a mathematical term for the curvature (or droop) of chains, lines, wires, cables, etc.

Not sure what the submission to TRT was trying to accomplish. We could make Overhead Contact System (OCS) the preferred term, move Catenaries to Use For, and have Contact Wire(s) as the narrower term - does that sound reasonable?

Will look for further info. Catenaries is still in U.S. use in reference to transit, but the term appears to be incorrectly applied and isn't commonly used by the international community.

91 records in TRIS with Catenaries, and 91 records in TRIS with Contact Wire. In TLCat, 81 records with Catenary, only 3 with Catenaries. In WorldCat 576 with Catenary, only 49 with Catenaries.

Google Search of "Overhead Catenary System" show 11,300 results, while "Overhead Contact System" shows 204,000 results.

Committee Consensus:

Park until next quarter after speaking with SME. Same for Contact wires.

Contact wires

Revised PT

Proposed definition: Taut wires that interface with pantographs or trolley poles on rail cars, trolley buses, or trams to power onboard traction motors. (Source: Team adapted from: http://trb.metapress.com/content/q4756rv135222432/fulltext.pdf)

NTL Comments: BT: Overhead utility lines; see Q2 2010 revised terms discussion; need a definition; notation OK; NOTE: to revise, change the “Contact wire” (notation: pmuc) heading to this one “Contact wires” (notation: Pmptmpc)

MK Comments:

Discussion: Q2 2010 discussion

AE: Agree.

ST: Agree

Committee Consensus:

Park until next quarter after speaking with SME. Same for Catenaries.

Disabilities term review

Term review

NTL Comments: term notation changed to remove offensive term -- "handicapped". See also: Disabilities term review 2

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: Thanks

Committee Consensus:

Agree.

Driver distraction

NTL Comments: BT: Human factors in accidents; NPT: Distracted driving & Distracted drivers

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: Agree

ST: Does the notation go with Driver distraction, not with Visual distraction/Auditory distraction? (Notes on the work form are confusing.)

Committee Consensus:

Agree.

Driverless rail transit

Decline

NTL Comments: used 67 times in May

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: Agree. May want to consider Driverless Transit for future as the concept above is semantically factorable.

ST: Agree, decline. No info provided on who proposed the term or why. Do we have another term to describe the driverless trains we ride at airports?

Committee Consensus:

Agree.

Emissions reduction

NTL Comments: BT: Air quality management; NPT: Emission reductions, Emissions reductions, Emission reduction

MK Comments: OK. Although records on topic may be found by searching AQM + Pollutants.

Discussion:

AE: Agree Add

ST: Agree

Committee Consensus:

Agree.

Excise taxes

NTL Comments: term and facet revision came about from research on federal taxation and excise taxes as preferred terms in Q3 2009; committee suggested reviewing the entire facets. See Q3 2009 for discussion

MK Comments:

Discussion: Q4 2009 discussion

AE: I agree with the preferred structure rather than the proposed. Excise tax such is not exclusively federal and can be state or county. Fuel taxes can be both federal and state. Highway use taxes could be state at some time in the future. Oregon is flirting with tax using VMT instead of gas. The proposed structure is too confining.

ST: Decline. The analysis is not yet complete. No indication of consultation with expert. I like the idea of taxes and taxation as the broad term. Narrower concepts could include taxation by jurisdiction (could include special districts); taxes by what is taxed; management of taxes; taxation by effect (progressive, regressive).

Committee Consensus:

Consult SME. Park until next quarter.

Federal taxes

NTL Comments: see excise taxes above.

MK Comments:

Discussion: Q4 2009 discussion

AE: See comments under excise taxes

ST: See comments under excise taxes

Committee Consensus:

Consult SME. Park for next quarter.

Full-depth concrete pavements

Decline

NTL Comments: To match "Full-depth asphalt pavements". Suggested notation: Pmrcppbmf

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: Agree. I have an e-mail out to one of our pavement engineers to see if this is even a valid concept.

Committee Consensus:

Agree.

Geospatial analysis

NTL Comments: BT: Spatial analysis; RT: Geographic information systems

MK comments: I would add “Geospatial data” and assign additional term “Statistical analysis” to cover concept and/or use “Geographic information systems”.

Discussion:

AE: Disagree. Conceptually, there is no difference between Spatial Analysis and Geospatial Analysis. Suggest that Geospatial Analysis be a NPT to Spatial Analysis. WSDOT uses the terms interchangablely when we talk about analysis within the geospatial systems WSDOT designs. However the preferred term is Geospatial Analysis. Agree with MK about addition of Geospatial Data.

ST: Agree with Andy.

Committee Consensus

Resubmit for new research for next quarter--not part of Spatial analysis. (Also get GIS Xref out of Spatial analysis.)

High speed rail

Revised PT

NTL Comments: BT: High speed ground transportation; The following term relationship is conceptually flawed. A concept such as high speed rail (meaning high speed rail transportation) cannot be the narrower term for a type of train (a physical object). See TRT

MK Comments: Agree with moving this term to facet A or B from Q

Discussion: Q1 2010 discussion; Q4 2009 discussion

AE: Agree with placement

ST: Agree

Committee Consensus:

Agree.

High speed trains

NTL Comments: BT: Special trains; bringing back from NPT to PT. See TRT

MK Comments:

Discussion: Q1 2010 discussion

AE: Agree

ST: Agree

Committee Consensus:

Agree.

Highway administration

Decline

NTL Comments: Committee Discussion: Q3 2009; previous research: Q3 term research

MK Comments: This is an essential term that should have been included in the original TRT in 2000. It was an oversight not to do so. Do not understand significance of note to the right re federal and state. Recent TRIS records cover the world.

Discussion:

AE Agree. USE “Policy, legislation and regulation” AND “highways” works for me.

ST: Agree, decline.

Committee Consensus:

Agree.

Highway networks

MK Comments:

Discussion: Q3 2010 discussion

AE: Disagree see Road networks below

ST: Agree with Andy. If about design, should use the term Design.

Committee Consensus:

Park all networks (Highway, Road, Transportation). Research A, C , and F facets.

HMA

NPT

NTL Comments: USE Hot mix paving mixtures; per Q2 2010 disucssion, look at this term with Hot mix asphalt

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: Agree

ST: Agree

Committee Consensus:

Agree.

Hot mix asphalt

NPT

NTL Comments: USE Hot mix paving mixtures; per Q2 2010 discussion, look at whether should be PT and Hot mix paving mixtures be NPT

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: I have an e-mail into WSDOT's SME on pavements.

Committee Consensus:

Agree.

Human factors

Revised facet

Proposed definition: Human factors are those elements that influence the performance of people operating equipment or systems; they include behavioural, medical, operational, task-load, machine interface and work environment factors. From Transport Canada: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/railsafety/publications-ontrack-215.htm

NTL Comments: REVIEW entire facet; see Q2 2010 for committee comments; from Q2 2010 conference call; REVIEW entire facet for terms that are not intrinsic human characteristics and move them. NOTE: facet review moved Human factors from a child (Mxa) to a sibling (Mv) of Human characteristics and moved 5 NTs of Human characteristics to be NTs of Human factors

MK Comments: Human factors is a concept. There should not be human characteristics (intrinsic or not) as NTs.

Discussion: Q2 2010 discussion

AE: Agree with revision

Committee Consensus:

Check SAE web site. Not much at SAE. But found these on the web: Human Factors Taxonomy and Human Factors Analysis

Hydrogen fueled vehicles

NTL Comments: BT: Vehicles by motive power; RT: fuel cell vehicles; Hydrogen fuels; LCSH: sh 95004134 (Hydrogen cars) -- RT2: Hydrogen fuels -- Suggested notation: Qbddpj -- If added, TRIS search needed to add term

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: Disagree. This term can be semantically factored into Fuel Cell Vehicles and Hydrogen Fuels.

ST: Disagree. We should decline. I prefer Andy's analysis.

Committee Consensus:

Decline----semantically factorable terminology

Ice forecasting

Decline

NTL Comments: UF should be "Ice prediction". -- LCSH is "Ice--Forecasting". -- May be used for both icing on roadways and buildup of sea/lake/river ice. -- Iff added, TRIS search needed for recent items to re-index.

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: Agree

ST: Agree, decline

Committee Consensus:

Decline

Immigration law

NTL Comments: Committee Discussion: Q3 2009; previous research: Q3 2009 term research; the term used in transportation is for policy and enforcement, primarily; therefore, we propose to add as a branch of law.

MK Comments: Prefer "Immigration." A timely, social and policitcal issue.

Discussion: Immigrants

AE Agree

ST: Agree

Committee Consensus:

Accept

Maglev

NPT

NTL Comments: USE: Magnetic levitation; Maglev is a shortened version of Magnetic levitation. Suggest adding it as a UF leading to Magnetic levitation.

MK Comments:

Discussion: Q2 2010 discussion

AE: Agree

ST: Agree. Be sure to clarify which is the USE and which is the UF.

Committee Consensus:

Accept

Parachutes

Decline

NTL Comments: Committee Discussion: Q3 2009; previous research: Q3 2009 term research

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: Agree

ST: Agree, decline

Committee Consensus:

Decline

Plug in hybrid

NPT

NTL Comments: USE Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; per Q2 2010 discussion, reviewing which NPTs to add to Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

MK Comments:

Discussion: Q2 2010 discussion

AE: Agree

ST: ? The TRT terms is Plug-in hybrid vehicles, not Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Decline.

Committee Consensus:

Reclaimed asphalt pavement

NTL Comments: BT: Asphalt pavements; per Q2 2010 preferred and non-preferred term discussion, determine which of recycled or reclaimed should be PT. Reclaimed used more than recycled asphalt pavements; making Reclaimed asphalt pavements the PT and Recycled ashpalt pavements the NPT

MK Comments: This is indeed the term (reclaimed) used by NAPA, TFHRC and Asphalt Institute. There are currently four terms (notations: Fmuhpf, Fmuhpi, Fmuhpic, Fmuhpih) covering the activity of recycling flexible pavements. Are those terms sufficient? Is the literature about the activity rather than the final product?

Discussion: Q1 2010 discussion

AE: Agreed

ST: What is the proposed notation? Do we need a broader review that includes the terms mentioned by MK above? Consider again later.

Committee Consensus:

Revisit in terms of broader term Asphalt pavement or Full depth concrete pavement

Recycled asphalt

Decline

NTL Comments: added because usage is same as other proposed PTs and existing TRT terms; also has relevance to sustainable and green initiatives.

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: Agreed

ST: Agree

Committee Consensus:

Decline

Revenue management

NPT

NTL Comments: USE: Yield management; Requested by UCB-BTRIS -- This term is virtually the same as the TRT term "Yield management" (Cfady) and should not be added. It should become a new lead-in term. -- Refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_management and http://www.lhsystems.com/media/glossary/index.htm (scroll down to "R") -- Comments contributed by MK

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: Agreed

Committee Consensus:

Road networks

NTL Comments: BT Transportation networks; RT: Roads, Networks

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: This is equivalent to Highway Networks above. I suggest making Road Networks the preferred term with Highway Networks as an NPT and Design as RT. Highway Networks in the design context could be indexed as Road Networks and Design (or Systems Design). A network whether qualified with highway or road is still a transportation network not a design of a specific facility.

ST: Road networks should be PT; Highway networks should be NPT leading to Road networks. Not sure about notation. See Transportation networks.

Committee Consensus:

Park all networks (Highway, Road, Transportation). Research A, C , and F facets. Road Networks exists now as an NPT to Roads.

Seawater corrosion

Decline

NTL Comments: precoordinated term and lack of literary warrant

MK Comments: Several types of corrosion in the TRT. See no reason to exclude this since it has been used 107 times.

Discussion:

AE: Agree Decline

ST: Agree

Committee Consensus:

Decline

Social media

NTL Comments: BT: Information dissemination; RT: Mass communication; NPT: Social networking, Social networks, Web 2.0, and User-generated content

MK Comments: Agree that the term is needed. Suggest notation: Kho [Social factors] with RT2 (Associative RT) to Ds [Communication] and Xbkr [Computer networks]

Discussion: Q2 2010 discussion

AE: Agree with NTL on notation. Social media is not a part of Social Factors but is a part of Information Dissemination. I would add Social Factors as an RT.

ST: Agree with term and placment.

Committee Consensus:

Sustainable engineering

Decline

NTL Comments:

MK Comments:

Discussion:

ST: Agree

Committee Consensus:

Decline

Tax credits

NTL Comments: term and facet revision came about from research on federal taxation and excise taxes as preferred terms in Q3 2009; committee suggested revewing the entire facets. See Q3 2009 committee suggested revewing the entire facets. See Q3 2009 term review for discussion

MK Comments:

Discussion: Q4 2009 discussion

AE: See comments under excise taxes.

ST: See comments under excise taxes. We're getting closer, but we're not done yet.

Committee Consensus:

Park.Consult SME

Taxes and taxation

NTL Comments: REVIEW entire facet; see Q4 2009 for research; term and facet revision came about from research on federal taxation and excise taxes as preferred terms in Q3 2009; committee suggested revewing the entire facets. See Q3 2009 term review for discussion....Retire: Taxation and Types of Taxes

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: See comments under excise taxes

ST: See comments under excise taxes. We're getting closer, but we're not done yet.

Committee Consensus:

Park.Consult SME

Traffic violations

Revise definition

Proposed definition: Violations of the law which involve the operation of a vehicle or pedestrian movement in the right of way (Source: Team, adapted from www.mncourts.gov/district/4/)

NTL Comments: per Q2 2010 discussion on Pedestrian violations, need to broaden definition of Traffic violations to include violations of the law in the right of way.

MK Comments:

Discussion: Q2 2010 discussion

Ae: Agree

Committee Consensus:

Transportation networks

NTL Comments: BT: Transportation, hydraulic, and utility facilities; Committee Discussion: Q3 2009; previous research: Q3 2009 term review

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: Not sure the location is correct

ST: Need broader analysis. Some examples of networks used in the definition (water, electric) are in the P facet (Physical facilities). The term Networks is in the S facet (Physical phenomena) - ugh! This found right after thinking about social networks.

Committee Consensus:

Park all networks (Highway, Road, Transportation). Research A, C , and F facets.

Turbulent flow

NPT

NTL Comments: USE Turbulence; CANDIDATE UF -- Request by mkleiber that "Turbulent flow" become a lead-in term for "Turbulence". -- See McGraw-Hill Dict. Sci. Tech. Terms. 6th ed., p. 2205 (terms are synonymous). -- (Irregular fluctulation of the flow of fluids) 375 (none) CT 03/14/2010 MKleiber

MK comments:

Discussion:

AE: Agree

ST: Agree

Committee Consensus:

Agree

Turnkey systems

Decline

NTL Comments:

MK Comments:

Discussion:

Ae: Agree Decline

ST: Agree, lack of warrant

Committee Consensus:

Agree

Web applications

Decline

NTL Comments:

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: Agree

ST: Agree, lack of warrant

Committee Consensus:

Agree

Web search engines

Decline

NTL Comments:

MK Comments:

Discussion:

AE: Agree

ST: Agree, lack of warrant

Committee Consensus:

Agree

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August 2010 (Q3) All Terms