Jon Stewart would be proud of us both.

I went to the rally in DC last Saturday! We two are indeed sane :-)

As for the utility of ranks -- well, I'm ready to agree to disagree, as long
as we can both acknowledge that lots and lots of existing data "out there"
are still classified (in a taxonomic sense) against the Linnaean
nomenclatural system, for which dwc:taxonRank is a relevant (at least)
attribute.

Indeed! As mentioned in a previous email to you, I can live (even happy) with dwc:taxonRank :-)

Nico (who does not believe in species but thinks only clades are real)

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Nico Cellinese, Ph.D.
Assistant Curator, Herbarium & Informatics
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology

Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida
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