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Compendium

A compendium is a short but comprehensive compilation of a body of knowledge. A compendium usually contains principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system.

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1 Limits
2 Encyclopedias

2.1 Traditional
2.2 Wikipedia

3 Etymology

Limits

The reference to a larger system is traditionally used meaning something that can not be easily defined. Practically speaking there is a scope. Everything can be broken down into smaller components and everything can be a larger system of something else. There is a bottom level, however, and that level consists of simple associations called definitions.

A good definition is an association of two things: A word and its meaning. The larger system is the word. The components are the sound and its association. In such a way a definition can be considered the final limit of a compendium.

Encyclopedias

Traditional

A traditional encyclopedia can be referred to a compendium of human knowledge.

Wikipedia

The free content, collaboratively edited encyclopedia, Wikipedia, can change the traditional meaning of the word compendium because of its ability to use hyperlinks to break things into their components and because of its ability to maintain a solid order of levels (based on the cumulative entries of the editors).

Etymology

The word compendium comes from the Latin word compendere, meaning "to weigh together".

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Anvilfire
Blacksmiths' and metal workers' reference. Questions answered daily by the Guru. Meet and chat with other smiths at the Slack Tub Pub. Buy, sell, and trade at the Virtual Hammer-In.
http://www.anvilfire.com/

The Metalworking FAQ/Compendium
Based on the FAQ and other information for the UseNet newsgroup rec.crafts.metalworking.
http://w3.uwyo.edu/~metal/

The Hawley Collection
An edge-tools and cutlery collection housed at the University of Sheffield, in the U.K, and a description of the project.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/hp/

Metal Web News
Listing of Metalworking, Blacksmithing and Foundry Projects, news and links.
http://www.metalwebnews.com/

The Blacksmith's Compendium
A collection of mailing list postings gleaned primarily from ABANA's "TheForge" mailing list. Threads of discussion have been pieced together from hundreds of postings and organized into a single document, according to topic.
http://www.elektricanvil.net/compendium/index.htm

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