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Here is a footnote from an article by David Snowden contrasting the use of onomastics with two other similar terms.

"Ontology is commonly misused in the IT profession as an elevated version of taxonomy and is in fact closer to onomastics than it is to ontology."

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Roberthambly (talk) 08:52, 19 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

non-proper names edit

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This article currently implies that onomastics deals only with proper names. Is there some other field that deals with the sorts of non-unique variable names used in computer software? Is there some other field that deals with non-proper names in general -- such as the recent "planets" vs. "dwarf planets" vs. "minor planets" controversy? --68.0.124.33 (talk) 05:34, 16 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

I am by no means an expert in this field but found the "proper" in the first sentence confusing. Would it be possible to briefly explain what a "proper" name is (as opposed to an improper one)? - 129.67.91.55 (talk) 20:24, 14 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Does this article fit into any particular Wikipedia Project? If so, please add a template here. --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:00, 13 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hierarchy? edit

Onomastics or onomatology

Anthroponomastics or anthroponymy (anthroponyms: names of persons)

Demonymics or demonymy (demonyms: names of natives of a particular place)
Ethnonymics or ethnonymy (ethnonyms: names of ethnic groups)

Oeconomastics or oikonymy (oeconym or oikonyms: names of houses or buildings)
Toponomastics or toponymy (toponyms: names of places or geographical entities)

Hydronomastics or hydronymy (hydronyms: names of bodies of water)

Potamonomastics or potamonymy (potamonyms: names of rivers)
Thalassonomastics or thalassonymy (thalassonyms: names of seas)?

Oronomastics or oronymy (oronyms: names of mountains)?

More?

Re-Onomastics edit

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@Beserkadvocacy I've never heard of the term Re-Onomastics (not that this means it's incorrect by any means!) Where are you drawing it from? Faust.TSFL (talk) 16:09, 27 October 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Faust.TSFL (talk • contribs) 16:08, 27 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

Notes edit

^ Snowden, D. J. (2005). Multi-ontology sense making: a new simplicity in decision making. Informatics In Primary Care, 13(1), 45-53.

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[1] Snowden, D. J. (2005). Multi-ontology sense making: a new simplicity in decision making. Informatics In Primary Care, 13(1), 45-53.

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