Let's settle this. I think http://abnc.tdwg.org works and is easy to associate with Audubon Core. In my opinion: - ac is too short and not evocative - adbc has too much baggage in the U.S. because of the NSF digitization effort http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503559&org=&from_org... - adbnc is too long, though a close second for me - audc is possible but more evocative of audio than audubon
Let's settle this. I think http://abnc.tdwg.org works and is easy to
For me it does not work very well. AuDuBon are the letters I hear. Leaving out the second stressed consonant is strange and difficult to remember. I fear you would have to explain to everyone, why adbc could not be used.
If DublinCore is DC, AudubonCore would logically be AC. I am not really a big fan of AC/DC music, but I would not care....
Else, if it has to be as insider as tdwg itself, I would favor adbn (leaving out the core).
Gregor
For what it's worth, I like abnc, and the only competition in a top Google search is abnc.org, for the Armand Bayou Nature Center, which is biodiversity-related at least. As for remembering it, the letter "n" is often used as a contraction for the word "and" in English, so abnc is essentially the first three letters of the alphabet, with an "and" thrown in, so not really hard to remember, if not so much associated with Audubon until you get there. I would not like to lose the "c" for Core because of its heritage from the Dublin and Darwin Cores.
My 2 cents, Gail
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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:46:26 -0500 From: Bob Morris morris.bob@gmail.com Subject: [tdwg-tag] Audubon Core namespace To: tdwg-tag@tdwg.org, Annette L Olson alolson@usgs.gov, Chris Freeland
chris.freeland@mobot.org, Greg Riccardi griccardi@fsu.edu, Gregor Hagedorn g.m.hagedorn@gmail.com, José Cuadra (GBIF) jcuadra@gbif.org, "Vishwas Chavan (GBIF)" vchavan@gbif.org
Let's settle this. I think http://abnc.tdwg.org works and is easy to associate with Audubon Core. In my opinion:
- ac is too short and not evocative
- adbc has too much baggage in the U.S. because of the NSF
digitization effort http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503559&org=&from_org...
- adbnc is too long, though a close second for me
- audc is possible but more evocative of audio than audubon
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On 28/11/2010, at 4:46 AM, Bob Morris wrote:
Let's settle this. I think http://abnc.tdwg.org works and is easy to associate with Audubon Core. In my opinion:
- ac is too short and not evocative
- adbc has too much baggage in the U.S. because of the NSF
digitization effort http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503559&org=&from_org...
- adbnc is too long, though a close second for me
- audc is possible but more evocative of audio than audubon
The other approach would be to name it after its subject mater. If Audubon Core concerns itself with ecology, then eco.tdwg.org would work.
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