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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: [ #440667 ] Affiliation lacks CorpName
Dave Pawson <daveP@dpawson.freeserve.co.uk> writes: >> At 15:21 24/09/2001 -0400, Norman Walsh wrote: >> >In >> > >> >http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=440667&group_id=21935&atid=384107 >> > >> >Yann Dirson notes that affiliation contains orgname and orgdiv but no >> >corpname. He goes on to point out that orgname is likely intended to >> >be used for the orgname here. >> > >> >The TC is unsure how to resolve this issue. >> >> Is a corporation not an organization? All corporations are organizations, but not all organizations are corporations. >> Ie just a case of terminology? >> >> Regards DaveP Yes, it is a matter of terminology: corporation is a more specific term than organization. Incorporation changes the legal status of an organization: at least in America it does, your mileage (or terminology) may vary. Unless there is a need to single out corporations, the more generic org* should cover the whole superset of corporations, partnerships, clubs, .... o --- ---- | / / Lance F. Larsen | / / |/ / llarsen@caldera.com o | / o |/ (908)790-2335 | --- o
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