Grrr. As a frequent writer of documentation I struggle with that one.

I would say either "PDS(E)" (which my PC keeps trying to auto-correct to PDS€) 
or a preamble something like

"In this document, the term PDS means either a Partitioned Dataset (PDS) or a 
Partitioned Dataset Extended (PDSE) unless the context clearly demands 
otherwise."

I personally at least would have to think "what the heck does he mean?" every 
time I encountered "MVS library."

Charles


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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Frank Swarbrick
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 2:17 PM
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Subject: Generic name for PDS/PDSE

Is there a standard "generic" name for PDS/PDSE?  Is it "PDS(E)"?  Or maybe 
something like "MVS library" or "MVS dataset library"?

Just wondering.

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