Re: [Docutils-users] Scientific article example

[Paul T. <pau...@gm...>]

On 10/17/11 6:04 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Paul Tremblay<pau...@gm...>  writes:
>
>> You want to call space delimited files "SSV." So know what do we call
>> files delimited by "|" or "a"--BSV (Bar Separated Values) and ASV (A
>> Separated Values)? How silly do we want to be?
> Alan hasn't advocated any of those names, AFAICT.
>
> The existing name which covers all of those, including tab-separated and
> comma-separated, is DSV: Delimiter-Separated Values.
>
>> And as a linguistic exercise, what do you think of when you hear the word
>> "band aid?"
> I think “another brand name has wormed its way into the language as a
> generic term, and I will resist it as far as I am able” :-)
>

But of course, you are avoiding the issue: language takes its meaning on 
how it is used, not on some arbitrary definition. Everyone knows what 
CSV means. If DSV were really the right term, then why does Python, 
OpenOffice, and MS all get it wrong?

Paul