Talk:Biositemap

Capitalization
What is the correct usage — "Biositemap" or "biositemap"? — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 02:53, 22 June 2010 (UTC)


 * The articles I have read (admittedly only a few over the last 24 hours) have all had it as Biositemap – as a name rather than a description. I suppose the nearest is Windows which is the name of the software and Biositemap the name of that type of map (it looks better than biological sitemap and I imagine they would copyright the name as there are so many other systems out there doing various IT functions in the field of biotechnology such as OWL and OBO
 * Chaosdruid (talk) 05:30, 22 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, all occurances in article should be in the same capitalization unless it is used with different meanings. The intro "A Biositemap is a way" really needs clarification, such as, "A Biositemap is a software framework blah blah"— HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 13:04, 22 June 2010 (UTC)


 * It isn't a software framework though. Rather than saying blah blah the sentence says
 * "A Biositemap is a way for a biomedical research institution of organisation to show how biological information is distributed throughout their Information Technology systems and networks
 * The only other option as I was editing it seemed to be maybe change "way" to "map" - but this too would be incorrect as "map" here is the data contained in the biositemap.rdf. The picture, a graphical representation of the map, is not the essence of the map but merely one way of using the information to show the connections.
 * It is not really an easy topic to pin down
 * Chaosdruid (talk) 16:53, 22 June 2010 (UTC)


 * May be there is no other way to describe this. My point is you don't say "Driving is a way a person operates a land vehicle.", you establish "Driving is the controlled operation of a land vehicle". "way" is a very washy term, and there is almost always a way to simplify and better present the meaning the meaning can almost always be presented simpler and better. Just a copy-editing note on the opening sentence of the article. I only used "software framework" as a general example. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 17:12, 22 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I know that you are trying to help get the lead into a better state :¬)
 * It is smoething that I really do not like myself. I had considered several alternatives but as the subject is pretty vague and the actual name Biositemap is not really about a map it left me at a loss to decide. I read and reread articles on the matter but they themselves were pretty vague :¬(
 * As always it will probably become more clear over time as standard methods are set and so the correct phrase can be inserted - for example this one shows that it is "a mechanism" and this has it as "a protocol" with the data proposed in an xml rather than rdf format
 * Chaosdruid (talk) 20:28, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

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