[okfn-help] Open Data Manual - conventions to follow, suggestions welcome

Mon May 23 14:26:03 UTC 2011

I'd vote "the data is" and en_GB - but agree that en_US is probably
better if this is more widely used in amongst OKFNers. ;-)

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 11:25 AM, David Read <david.read at okfn.org> wrote:
> On 21 May 2011 10:34, Tim McNamara <paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz> wrote:
>> Hi all, I would like to follow the following conventions for the manual:
>>  - data are, rather than data is
>
> "Guardian style guru David Marsh ... says:
> It's like agenda, a Latin plural that is now almost universally used
> as a singular. Technically the singular is datum/agendum, but we feel
> it sounds increasingly hyper-correct, old-fashioned and pompous to say
> "the data are".
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jul/16/data-plural-singular
>
>>  - en_GB spelling
>
> As a Wikipedian recently told me, the US/UK spellings account for a
> majority of the edit wars there and it's not productive. I'd be
> tempted to cede that the US spellings have more weight
> internationally. But it's an OKF style decision really.
>
> Dave
>
>> Thoughts?
>> Tim
>>
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