Transport is a noun and a verb while transportation is only a noun. Are ABIE s nouns or verbs? Or both?bothered???
Andy
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From: Jon Bosak <>
To: Tim McGrath <>
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Sent: Wed, Aug 8, 2012 15:03:24 GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: [ubl-tsc] Re: [ubl] Minutes of Pacific UBL TC call 7 August 2012
Tim McGrath wrote:
> If I recall the original idea we had was that 'transportation' meant the
> overall concept of transporting goods. 'Transport' was reserved for the
> verb 'to transport'. As in, "I transport goods using a transportation
> service". But i agree this is a probably an unnecessary distinction if
> it causes too much confusion.
>
> So are we trying to settle on 'Transport' or 'Transportation'? Doesn't
> this proposal just swap the terms around?
No. See
https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-tsc/201207/msg00012.html
for an explanation. Briefly, the proposal is to use "Transport"
wherever possible, the only exceptions being TransportationService and
TransportationStatus, which we're stuck with from 2.0.
Jon
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