BODDS Re: Name for the standard

Peter Stevens peter.stevens at MOBOT.ORG
Thu Sep 11 07:33:41 CEST 2003


>>There is a plant ontology consortium (POC) that is involved in
>>trying to rationalise terminology used by Arabidopsis, Zea and
>>Oryza people, and by extension (I hope) more gererally in fl. pl.


Peter S.



>>BODDS -Biological Ontological Descriptive Data Standard. It sounds kinda
>>sexy when you say BODDS outloud. Or very juvenile. Or both.
>
>well, if the shoe fits, I suppose we should wear it...
>
>or we could just call it Biological Ontology... :)
>
>nah... that one stinks...
>
>jim
>
>
>~ Jim Croft ~ jrc at anbg.gov.au ~ 02-62465500 ~ www.anbg.gov.au/jrc/ ~




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