[Babase] A sexual cycle vocabulary question

Jeanne Altmann babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:55:49 -0400


I agree with Susan,
jeanne

At 03:04 PM 16/10/2005, you wrote:
>My opinion is that I think we use Mdate, Ddate and Tdate as words and they 
>can stay that way.
>
>Susan
>
>>Does the project consider Mdate, Ddate and Tdate to be words,
>>or should they be written M date, D date, and T date.
>>(Or maybe hypenated?  M-date?  M-Date?)
>>
>>We no longer have columns with these names but I still
>>write about the dates all over the documentation and
>>need a way to write them.
>>
>>On a related note, do we need a glossary someday?
>>
>>
>>Karl <kop@meme.com>
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