Name for the standard

Kevin Thiele kevin.thiele at BIGPOND.COM
Thu Sep 11 07:11:31 CEST 2003


RE: Name for the standardAn excellent suggestion - perhaps we need to set up a TDWG working group to consider this and report in 12 months time.

By the way, there's a bottle of fine Portuguese port for whoever comes up with the final name. Of course, if no-one can come up with anything, the SDD group at Lisbon will have to drink the port as consolation.

-k
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Chuck.Miller at MOBOT.ORG
  To: TDWG-SDD at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU
  Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 3:43 AM
  Subject: Re: Name for the standard


  How many XML schemas are currently in work within TDWG(Collections, SDD, Economic Botany, Geography, Spatial Data) and GBIF(DADI, ECAT, and DIGIT)?  Is there a way to unify them under some more universal schemaML naming approach?  This seems like a unique moment in time to start a precedent.

  The GBIF Biodiversity Data Architecture document is replete with models of interfaces and web services that will all require new XML schemas to be created--each needing a name. GBIF also intends to add schemas for taxa, literature, gazeteers, indexes, providers, etc.

  Is there a way to be more universal in naming these schemas?

  The simple names like BioML, TaxML, etc. have already been used and are probably too general anyway. (OmniML?)

  One approach could be to concatentate dipthongs or something to create a schema of ML names.  For example, BioDescML, BioTaxML, BioLitML.  Or BioDML, BioTML, BioLML.  Or GBIFDescML.  Or TDWGDescML.

  Chuck Miller

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Jim Croft [mailto:jrc at ANBG.GOV.AU]
  Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 8:53 PM
  To: TDWG-SDD at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU
  Subject: Re: Name for the standard



  is DescML taken?

  jim

  >jrc> So what is it to be?  BioML?
  >
  >preoccupied, although there in no strict registration mechanism except
  >its flavour in namespace. http://xml.coverpages.org/bioml.html

  ~ Jim Croft ~ jrc at anbg.gov.au ~ 02-62465500 ~ www.anbg.gov.au/jrc/ ~

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>An excellent suggestion - perhaps we need to set up
a TDWG working group to consider this and report in 12 months time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>By the way, there's a bottle of fine Portuguese
port for whoever comes up with the final name. Of course, if no-one can come up
with anything, the SDD group at Lisbon will have to drink the port as
consolation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-k</FONT></DIV>
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  <A title=Chuck.Miller at MOBOT.ORG
  href="mailto:Chuck.Miller at MOBOT.ORG">Chuck.Miller at MOBOT.ORG</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=TDWG-SDD at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 11, 2003 3:43
  AM</DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Name for the standard</DIV>
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  <P><FONT size=2>How many XML schemas are currently in work within
  TDWG(Collections, SDD, Economic Botany, Geography, Spatial Data) and
  GBIF(DADI, ECAT, and DIGIT)?&nbsp; Is there a way to unify them under some
  more universal schemaML naming approach?&nbsp; This seems like a unique moment
  in time to start a precedent.&nbsp; </FONT></P>
  <P><FONT size=2>The GBIF Biodiversity Data Architecture document is replete
  with models of interfaces and web services that will all require new XML
  schemas to be created--each needing a name. GBIF also intends to add schemas
  for taxa, literature, gazeteers, indexes, providers, etc.&nbsp; </FONT></P>
  <P><FONT size=2>Is there a way to be more universal in naming these
  schemas?</FONT> </P>
  <P><FONT size=2>The simple names like BioML, TaxML, etc. have already been
  used and are probably too general anyway. (OmniML?)</FONT> </P>
  <P><FONT size=2>One approach could be to concatentate dipthongs or something
  to create a schema of ML names.&nbsp; For example, BioDescML, BioTaxML,
  BioLitML.&nbsp; Or BioDML, BioTML, BioLML.&nbsp; Or GBIFDescML.&nbsp; Or
  TDWGDescML.&nbsp; </FONT></P>
  <P><FONT size=2>Chuck Miller&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></P>
  <P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From: Jim
  Croft [<A href="mailto:jrc at ANBG.GOV.AU">mailto:jrc at ANBG.GOV.AU</A>]
  </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 8:53 PM</FONT>
  <BR><FONT size=2>To: TDWG-SDD at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU</FONT> <BR><FONT
  size=2>Subject: Re: Name for the standard</FONT> </P><BR>
  <P><FONT size=2>is DescML taken?</FONT> </P>
  <P><FONT size=2>jim</FONT> </P>
  <P><FONT size=2>&gt;jrc&gt; So what is it to be?&nbsp; BioML?</FONT> <BR><FONT
  size=2>&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;preoccupied, although there in no
  strict registration mechanism except </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>&gt;its flavour
  in namespace. <A href="http://xml.coverpages.org/bioml.html"
  target=_blank>http://xml.coverpages.org/bioml.html</A></FONT> </P>
  <P><FONT size=2>~ Jim Croft ~ jrc at anbg.gov.au ~ 02-62465500 ~
  www.anbg.gov.au/jrc/ ~</FONT> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>


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