[MOBY-dev] Object naming inconsistencies

[David Gonzalez Pisano]

Hi,

Gonzalo Claros from INB at Malaga and some other members have found  
some inconsistencies in the moby ontology datatypes names. Looking at  
an BioMOBY ontology release from 05/10/04, we deduced that it was  
recommended to use compound names with the underscore "_" to separate  
words. However, right now, we can find strange cases like:

text_plain
text-plain
PMUT-Text
PMUT_Text
PDB-Text
text-formatted
text_formatted
text-html
text_html

and so on

When differences are in final datatypes (PMUT_Text, PDB-Text, etc) it  
is not so disturbing,, but when the alternate names correspond to key  
nodes like text_formatted, plain_text or text_html, the name  
difference can affect implementations (INB implementations and your  
own services, that's why we ask here).

At INB, we are considering using the underscore "_" in any case, but  
we would like to maintain compatibility with BioMOBY Central in  
Canada. So, which will be considered the main root object, the one  
with "-" or the one with "-"? What are you using?

Cheers,

David