[MOBY-dev] Object naming inconsistencies

[Paul Gordon]

May I humbly suggest that we use the hyphen ('-'), as this at the very 
least feigns the desire to use the existing standards in HTTP 
content-type headers/MIME/etc...
> 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
>
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