On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Jean-Marc Vanel wrote:

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2. It seems to presuppose a Linnean viewpoint i.e. Kingdom, Phylum, etc.

I didn't write that, in fact this model is so generic that it could almost be applied to car models!

This is puzzling. In that case why would a TaxonomicClass need to have a member named "botanicalAuthor" as in your UML diagram? -Noel