[GRASS-dev] terminology issues in grass7

[Hamish]

Markus M wrote:
> I know it's not a good idea at this stage of the discussion to 
> come up with yet another word to replace layer,

sure why not. might as well be now..

> but how about subset? Because by choosing a vector "layer" you
> effectively select a subset of geometry objects in the vector map
> layer ;-), optionally linked to an attribute table specific
> for this subset. You would then display or process everything in
> a vector map or just a vector map subset (keeping in mind that a subset
> may contain all geometry objects present in a vector).

it's a real word, which is a major plus.


other ideas coming from that way of thinking:
 groupings,
 collections,
 classes, / classing
 or just go back to field numbers,
 ...


Hamish