roundtable: Re: New way to label information on the Internet

roundtable: Re: New way to label information on the Internet

Re: New way to label information on the Internet

Shelly Warwick (WASBB@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU)
Wed, 20 Dec 95 12:48:49 EST 

Message-Id: <9512202258.AA03142@a.cni.org>
Date:         Wed, 20 Dec 95 12:48:49 EST
From: Shelly Warwick <WASBB@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: New way to label information on the Internet
To: roundtable@cni.org
In-Reply-To:  Message of Tue, 19 Dec 95 15:59:35 EST from <BMSLIB@mitvma.mit.edu>


Confused.  Is this labeling similiar to Dewey or LC subject headings
(what the doc is about) used in libraries, or labels about type and 
level of content, such as those used to rate movies or on toys.  While
I would heartily endorse the former I have some questions about the
appropriateness and free speech implications of the latter.

Under such a scheme I would one rate excerpts from the New York TImes
dealing with the violence and rape in Bosnia?

Shelly Warwick
wasbb@cunyvm.cuny.edu

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