Please reply without looking it up - Dublin Core refers to:
(Boost appreciated for sample size.)
Of course they're properties for describing resources, but I love how many votes the music option got.
@jens "Of course." Yes. It's not a completely meaningless, communication-free name whatsoever.
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@zdl I will now refer to this as the Dianli Principle (of bad naming).
@jens I hate you so much right now!
@jens A name that makes sense only after you know the history of it is a bad name.
I also hate names in the maths for the same reason: naming things after their discoverer communicates nothing about what it is, which is doubly bad when the same discoverer discovers multiple, disparate things and gets their name attached.