[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [GRASS-dev] terminology issues in grass7

[Martin Landa]

Hi,

2009/4/27 Helena Mitasova <hmitaso at 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

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