Dear all,
A note of caution: Don't make any arguments based on the Draft Darwin Core Standard 1.4 and extensions. Dave Remsen's comments re Taxonomy and Nomenclature were not based on that. They were based on the Darwin Core as submitted for peer review, the first step of which is now concluded. I am in the process of addressing all reviewer comments (four days straight into it, in fact) with probably one day left to go before I publish the update and send my revision back to Gail, who is acting as editor. I'm loathe to point anyone at the currently moving target of documentation, so be patient for a day or two and then you can all argue about the new version. The intent is not to have an informal second peer review, but to give you all another target for your already loaded guns, and to prepare you to thrash it in public review, which hopefully is the next step. ;-)
Going back through the history of it all, I believe Stan was aware of the state of the standard up to peer review when he voiced his concerns, and so his comments are probably still pertinent.
Cheers,
John