3 definitions by thesalamander
Consisting of, or limited to, the set of lowercase alphanumeric characters (letters and/or numbers) minus vowels and the letter 'l' (ell). Specifically, that set consists of: bcdfghjkmnpqrstvwxz0123456789.
To create durable, opaque, transcription-safe identifier strings, it helps to limit them to betanumeric characters and to add an NCDA check digit at the end.
by thesalamander April 18, 2021
A crowdsourced dictionary of metadata terms from all subject domains and all parts of metadata speech. Stands for Yet Another Metadata Zoo.
by thesalamander November 28, 2013
Tedious text, such as a report or publication, that must be written to satisfy the conditions of a grant or contract. Derived from an acronym (SHit NObody wants to write, Read, or Fund).
by thesalamander July 10, 2013