- 🇨🇦Canada nord102
I would argue that Tags makes sense to be a plural.
My thought process is that if we think of a Taxonomy Term to be the equivalent to a Node, then a collection(taxonomy) of Terms is equivalent to a view of Nodes, where the latter two are plural. When you name a view, it's typically the plural (E.g. Article content type will have a view of Articles). I think the same logic would apply to Taxonomy, where In this case, Tags would represent the collection(taxonomy) of Tag Terms, where each term is the singular and the collection(taxonomy) is the plural.
- 🇧🇪Belgium rp7
@nord102 I'm not sure I agree with your reasoning.
It seems you might be mixing a taxonomy vocabulary and a collection of terms. A taxonomy vocabulary is more accurately described as a "type" of term rather than a collection of terms.
To illustrate this, consider the analogy with content types: just as we refer to a content type in the singular (e.g., "Article" for individual articles), it makes sense to refer to a taxonomy vocabulary in the singular (e.g., "Tag" for individual tags). Each term within a taxonomy vocabulary is a specific instance of that type. Therefore, the vocabulary itself should be named in the singular to reflect this relationship.
In your analogy, a view of nodes, such as "Articles," represents a collection of individual articles, which is why it is named in the plural. However, the taxonomy vocabulary serves a different role: it defines the type of terms that can be used, similar to how a content type defines the structure of individual pieces of content.
Using the singular form for taxonomy vocabularies maintains consistency and clarity, ensuring that we distinguish between the type (taxonomy vocabulary) and the instances of that type (terms within the vocabulary).
- 🇺🇸United States jeff.hartman
+1 and I agree with @nord102 for keeping Vocabularies plural. It's a collection of related terms.