Ich halte meinen Beitrag nicht für die Liste wert, vielleicht sollte man das Wort (engl.) "consilience" oder "consilation" (aus lat. "consilere") prüfen, ob es besser passt ? martin

Gregor Hagedorn schrieb:

(While I am still working on the Paris minutes and related documents, I would like to raise a minor point:)

What term should we use for the process of inferring and collecting information from multiple descriptions into a generated description? Bob raised the point that "collation" may be inappropriate or misleading.

Please take a look at:

http://160.45.63.11/Projects/TDWG- SDD/Docs/SDD_P_InferenceCorrectTerm.html

and send your comments to the list!

thanks, Gregor

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