In the current version of the SDD schema we have: InternalNotes: A single element for all languages, intended for internal documentation, annotations, memos during the development process of either the terminology or descriptions. This is sort of like a scrap page for authors or editors. ReportedNotes: Free form notes/comments/annotations that address the consumer of descriptive data. Multiple representations for each audience/language addressed are available. The pair InternalNotes/ReportedNotes is intended to express the fact that Internal Notes are not usually published, whereas reported notes are an essential part of the descriptive data. ---- I am currently thinking about whether different element names may be more acceptable or intuitive. * Using Annotation instead of InternalNotes * Using FreeFormText instead of ReportedNotes. We could use Notes instead of ReportedNotes, but I find the pair Annotation/Notes easily confusible. Please do "vote" on this issue on the email list! Gregor ---------------------------------------------------------- Gregor Hagedorn (G.Hagedorn@bba.de) Institute for Plant Virology, Microbiology, and Biosafety Federal Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA) Koenigin-Luise-Str. 19 Tel: +49-30-8304-2220 14195 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49-30-8304-2203 Often wrong but never in doubt!