[Biojava-l] Taxa/Taxon class/method naming

[Matthew Pocock]

Keith James wrote:
> There's a bit of a problem with naming in the Taxa package. Most of
> the cases where the word "Taxa" (plural) is used should be replaced
> with "Taxon" (singular). I'm not picky about spelling, but I think it
> could be misleading e.g. I'd expect org.biojava.bio.taxa.Taxa to be a
> Collection of some sort etc. Same from the biological angle, but for
> different reasons.
> 
> It's a pain to change, but would it be possible before it becomes
> entrenched in the API? I think the package name is fine, but almost
> all cases of taxa in the API really mean taxon!
> 
> (Sorry Matthew!)
> 
> Keith (hoping we can just search-and-replace)
> 

Go for it - human-readable language is not my strong point ;-) Rename 
docs & classes as you see fit. Let's get it right for the .1 
maintainance release.

M