I don't know the difference between a geographically defined subspecies and a meta-meta population. Do you define them differently? I believe (sic!) you can define either either exact or poorly.
Meta-population is an entity and subspecies is the rank you may apply to this entity, if that is how you like to label that group.
In my thinking taxa classify individuals or populations.
I guess that is where we disagree.
Well perhaps Organism is a good compromise. I understand viruses are not but I would prefer to live with that than any other term that would imply worse consequences.
I am eager to extend the DwC to also cover concepts that are important to people like me :-) so that when I think about developing phylogenetic databases, holding phylogenetic concepts, I don't feel badly constrained by these terms. I would like the DwC to work across the border. I'm sure I'm not alone in desiring an extensible DwC. So, forgive me.
Nico
Without objects that they classify, they don't make (biological) sense. That is why I proposed (past tense) this term, but with widespread opposition it is not a good term.
LifeInstances - why not? Or IndividualOrPopulation?
Gregor