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Re: Fwd: Rejected posting to TDWG-SDD@LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU (fwd)
by Mauro J. Cavalcanti 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Stan Blum gravada: > Actually, I liked Jim's "D", or even better still, DELTA. Didn't Mauro > Calvalcanti and others try to establish "Open-DELTA"? This one could be > xDELTA (!). I do like the fact that it would honor one of the pioneers in > this field. Don't Dalwitz's papers go back to 1980? In chip-years that's > a long time! It is actually "Free DELTA" - as DELTA, the format, has since the beginning been conceived as an open standard for data exchange. See the GNU Project at www.gnu.org for clarifications of the terms "free" and "open" software. [], -- + - - - - - - - - - - - - Mauro J. Cavalcanti - - - - - - - - - - - - + | Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia | | Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | | Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRASIL | | E-mail: maurobio(a)acd.ufrj.br | | Homepage: http://www.maurobio.cjb.net | + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + "Life is complex. It consists of real and imaginary parts."

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Re: Name for the standard
by Kevin Thiele 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

I agree, description is an essential part. But, of course, it doesn't need to be an english-sounding acronym - something Latinate would be nice...k ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guillaume Rousse" <rousse(a)CCR.JUSSIEU.FR> To: <TDWG-SDD(a)LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 10:00 PM Subject: Re: Name for the standard Ainsi parlait Kevin Thiele : > Dear Nick - I'd thought of TaxML and had rejected it as too boring - so was > enormously amused to find that tax inspectors think it's just the ticket > :-) Better avoid taxonomic word alone, as this standard address descriptive data only. Something such as TDML, or TaxDescML, for Taxonomic Description Markup Language, would be better IMHO. -- If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will get more than your fair share of objectives to take -- Murphy's Military Laws n°45

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Re: Name for the standard
by Kevin Thiele 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Dear Nick - I'd thought of TaxML and had rejected it as too boring - so was enormously amused to find that tax inspectors think it's just the ticket :-) Cheers - k ----- Original Message ----- From: Lander, Nicholas To: TDWG-SDD(a)LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 6:24 PM Subject: Re: Name for the standard Kevin What a pity TaXML has been bagged by the Tax Inspectors :-( Nicholas -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Thiele [mailto:kevin.thiele@BIGPOND.COM] Sent: Tuesday, 9 September 2003 2:32 PM To: TDWG-SDD(a)LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU Subject: Name for the standard I'm trying to write an introduction and primer for the SDD standard, and it strikes me that we don't actually have a name for the thing we're trying to create. SDD is short for the Structure of Descriptive Data, and is an acronym only for the subgroup, not for the standard. Anyone out there with a facility with acronyms? relevant keywords include taxonomy descriptions XML markup language transform there are surely more. Cheers - k

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Re: Fwd: Rejected posting to TDWG-SDD@LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU (fwd)
by Stan Blum 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

>>I give a second on Stan's suggestion, ExSDD! Well Done Stan, >>Liz. Actually, I liked Jim's "D", or even better still, DELTA. Didn't Mauro Calvalcanti and others try to establish "Open-DELTA"? This one could be xDELTA (!). I do like the fact that it would honor one of the pioneers in this field. Don't Dalwitz's papers go back to 1980? In chip-years that's a long time! -Stan

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Re: Name for the standard
by Robert A. (Bob) Morris 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Best yet, but XSDD has the same pronounciation and evokes XML Bob Stan Blum writes: > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 14:34:10 -0700 > From: Stan Blum <sblum(a)calacademy.org> > To: TDWG-SDD(a)listserv.nhm.ku.edu > Subject: Re: Name for the standard > > At 07:10 AM 9/10/2003 +1000, Kevin Thiele wrote: > >Best yet - any improvements anyone? > > > ExSDD (pronounced "Ex eS Dee Dee" or "ExcessDD" = exchange structure for > descriptive data > > -Stan (not implying that the standard is excessive ;-) >

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Name for the standard
by Kevin Thiele 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

I'm trying to write an introduction and primer for the SDD standard, and it strikes me that we don't actually have a name for the thing we're trying to create. SDD is short for the Structure of Descriptive Data, and is an acronym only for the subgroup, not for the standard. Anyone out there with a facility with acronyms? relevant keywords include taxonomy descriptions XML markup language transform there are surely more. Cheers - k

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Re: Name for the standard
by Lander, Nicholas 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Kevin What a pity TaXML has been bagged by the Tax Inspectors :-( Nicholas -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Thiele [mailto:kevin.thiele@BIGPOND.COM] Sent: Tuesday, 9 September 2003 2:32 PM To: TDWG-SDD(a)LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU Subject: Name for the standard I'm trying to write an introduction and primer for the SDD standard, and it strikes me that we don't actually have a name for the thing we're trying to create. SDD is short for the Structure of Descriptive Data, and is an acronym only for the subgroup, not for the standard. Anyone out there with a facility with acronyms? relevant keywords include taxonomy descriptions XML markup language transform there are surely more. Cheers - k

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Re: Name for the standard
by Stan Blum 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

At 07:10 AM 9/10/2003 +1000, Kevin Thiele wrote: >Best yet - any improvements anyone? ExSDD (pronounced "Ex eS Dee Dee" or "ExcessDD" = exchange structure for descriptive data -Stan (not implying that the standard is excessive ;-)

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Re: Name for the standard
by Guillaume Rousse 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Ainsi parlait Kevin Thiele : > Dear Nick - I'd thought of TaxML and had rejected it as too boring - so was > enormously amused to find that tax inspectors think it's just the ticket > :-) Better avoid taxonomic word alone, as this standard address descriptive data only. Something such as TDML, or TaxDescML, for Taxonomic Description Markup Language, would be better IMHO. -- If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will get more than your fair share of objectives to take -- Murphy's Military Laws n°45

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Re: Name for the standard
by Chuck.Miller＠MOBOT.ORG 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Kevin, Don't forget biological. How about BIODDS - BIOlogical Descriptive Data Standard? Chuck Miller Missouri Botanical Garden -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Thiele [mailto:kevin.thiele@BIGPOND.COM] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:32 AM To: TDWG-SDD(a)LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU Subject: Name for the standard I'm trying to write an introduction and primer for the SDD standard, and it strikes me that we don't actually have a name for the thing we're trying to create. SDD is short for the Structure of Descriptive Data, and is an acronym only for the subgroup, not for the standard. Anyone out there with a facility with acronyms? relevant keywords include taxonomy descriptions XML markup language transform there are surely more. Cheers - k

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