[tdwg-content] [tdwg-tag] Inclusion of authorship in DwC scientificName: good or bad?

["Markus Döring (GBIF)"]

>> [concensus discussion]
>> ...  Why make all software check for two alternatives
>> when a consensus would fix the problem?  (Consensus... did I say that
>> word in a tdwg-content email????)
> 
> Ummm, because plenty of data will not meet the consensus? Because
> robust software checks for things that may occur even if  they violate
> expectations, rules, standards, recommendations, conventions, or
> consensus?

Nevertheless its worthwhile trying to converge towards a standard vocabulary.
So we definitely should recommend a best practice that more and more people can follow over time!

At GBIF we recommend the english values, but if there is a consensus to change that to latin I think we dont mind:
http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/rank.xml

Markus