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Clément Roig edited this page Jan 7, 2022 · 18 revisions

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Introduction

Grottocenter, as a speleological open source and free database, has a very specific vocabulary. This vocabulary is inspired by the speleological one mainly but has its own particularities too. Let's dive into it!

Entrances / Caves / Networks

The starting point, in the Grottocenter database, is the cave. A cave is a general and abstract concept. The "real" word to use for a cave is deduced thanks to the following rule:

  • If a cave has only one entrance, it's a cave.
  • If a cave has two or more entrances, it's a network.

Grotto / Organization

Very simple: a grotto IS an organization. We just changed the term used. Grotto is always used in some parts of the code because of the database schema (t_grotto table).

Entrance / Entry

Entrance is now used to mean "the entrance of a cave". Entry was a bad translation of the french word "entrée", which can be translated by entry and entrance (depending on the context).

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