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@CCR.JUSSIEU.FR To: TDWG-SDD@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