Date:         Fri, 30 Aug 2002 14:51:16 -0400
Reply-To:     "Z39.50 Next-Generation Initiative" <[log in to unmask]>
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From:         Ray Denenberg <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: Library Of Congress
Subject:      Re: [Fwd: masking character for words]
Comments: To: "Z39.50 Next-Generation Initiative" <[log in to unmask]>
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"LeVan,Ralph" wrote:

> No control over the distance?  I don't like that.

Then I think we need another character. Part of the motivation
(actually, most) was to do away with the so-called "word index".

If we want zero-or-one-word masking, can we come up with (yet)
another character?

--Ray