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Currently dataframe and data.frame both exist as tags, yet are obviously synonyms.

Given that dataframe has more questions under it, I'd be inclined to make that master, but on the other hand data.frame might be more clearly the thing in R.

Is it reasonable to suggest both? (I'd be disinclined unless that was the expected behaviour in such cases)

Any suggestions or comments?

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    $\begingroup$ The term 'data frame' is used in R help, while data.frame is the name of a command, so I would go for the first option which is probably more meaningful in terms of data structure. $\endgroup$
    – chl
    Jul 5, 2013 at 9:11
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    $\begingroup$ @chi Okay, easy. I will go with the first option, thanks. ... edit: actually, I won't, as I just realized I don't have enough reputation in that tag to try. $\endgroup$
    – Glen_b
    Jul 5, 2013 at 9:14
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    $\begingroup$ dataframe is irrelevant on this site because it appears intended to refer a software-specific construct, not to a general concept of statistics or data analysis. Arguably, any question for which this is an essential tag needs to be migrated away. (If you think otherwise, how would you feel about having, say, a tag "struct" for people with C-oriented questions or a tag "common" for those with Fortran-oriented questions? These would seem to function in comparable roles; only the programming environment has changed.) $\endgroup$
    – whuber Mod
    Jul 17, 2013 at 15:58

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I have converted all occurrences of data.frame to . These two tags are now synonyms.

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks very much chi $\endgroup$
    – Glen_b
    Jul 5, 2013 at 9:28
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This seems to have already been settled, but I wanted to voice an additional justification for the data.frame -> dataframe canonicalization: R is not the only language with a "dataframe" data structure. In python, there is pandas.DataFrame.

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    $\begingroup$ +1; This is the right argument and right way to build a consensus. $\endgroup$
    – russellpierce
    Jul 18, 2013 at 10:15

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