On 11/06/2013 12:19 AM, Tobias Conradi wrote: > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 11/05/2013 11:26 PM, Tobias Conradi wrote: >>> Maybe change >>> >>> http://blends.alioth.debian.org/blends/ch-general.en.html#s-status >>> >>> "graphical information system (GIS) that is used by geographers" >> >> I'd leave out the GIS abbreviation, because the example is in line with >> the rest of the paragraph. I read that sentence to refer to desktop >> software such as QGIS, not meaning geographical information systems in >> general. > > Even in the string QGIS the GIS part refers is a geographic and not a > graphic(al) information system. Graphical information systems could > also be diagrams or any infographics. > > http://www.qgis.org > "A Free and Open Source Geographic Information System" > > > Kind regards > Tobias > >
Rephrasing the sentence to the following may resolve the confusion: " In this context, the term "specialised software" refers to the kind of software that is needed by some experts for their job. This might be a practice management system that is used by doctors, a graphical geospatial application that is used by geographers, a screen reader that helps blind people to work with the computer, etc. The difference between such software and widely used software like office suites is that the user base is relatively small. This is also true for certain software that supports special localisation issues. " "a geographical information system (GIS) that is used by geographers" has too much "geo" in the sentence. Kind Regards, Bas -- GnuPG: 0xE88D4AF1 (new) / 0x77A975AD (old) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
