Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> writes: > On 8/6/2013 11:36 AM, BrJohan wrote: > > > Consider a botanical classification system (somewhat analogous to my > > 'problem' as it effectively is related to classification of entities): > > > > A Domain should know about its Kingdoms, > > a Kingdom should know about its Phylums, > > ... > > a Genus should know about its Species. > > As some already said, 'a domain' is an instance of Domain (or possibly > generic Taxon). We have on Earth one instance of 'Life'.
I think the term for a taxonomic grouping of life, if you want to avoid specifying some specific level of the taxonomy, is “clade” <URL:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clade>. -- \ “First they came for the verbs, and I said nothing, for verbing | `\ weirds language. Then, they arrival for the nouns and I speech | _o__) nothing, for I no verbs.” —Peter Ellis | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
