Hi, 2009/4/27 Helena Mitasova <hmit...@unity.ncsu.edu>: > I am wondering whether this should be discussed at osgeo level to make sure > that we have at least some consistency in terminology used in OSGeo software > stack.
I agree, anyway I wonder in which period we can reach some consensus and change the terminology in GRASS7... > I checked some on-line GIS terminology and category is mostly used in a > different > context so I am curious what are the current vector data layers as they are > called in GRASS6 > (with "category set" suggested as a better term) called in other packages > such as QGIS (if they are supported)? > For GRASS7 release there is a unique opportunity to align the terminology > within OSGeo if there is an interest to do that although most efforts on > terminology > and dictionary tend to die pretty quickly, but maybe we can least find some > common ground for vector data model, > > Helena > > http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/gis/datafinder/glossary.html > http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/glossary/ > http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.gisDictionary.gateway I added these links to wiki-page [1]. Martin [1] http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_7_Terminology -- Martin Landa <landa.martin gmail.com> * http://gama.fsv.cvut.cz/~landa _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss