I agree that we should have a standard terminology. When you break it down to:
Self bow - all wood
Self bow - natural backing
longbow - all wood
longbow - laminate
recurve - laminate
takedown - laminate
Those kind of terms explain a lot more than sick and string.
I defend the right for those to shoot what ever they want, but I also believe that many have abouse the term tradtional and even primitive.
I specialize in 'primitive' bows and arrows, but in reality that should be called 'semi-primitive' or 'modern replicas' because I do use a fair amount of modern tools to speed up the process. I could and have used all true primtive tools, but if I did that for sale items it would take more than 5 times as long and cost way more. Well beyond whst the market would bear.
I wish archery folks would not fight about it - rather just accept a standard set of terms. Along with that I wish that state F&G would set aside areas for truly traditional or primitive archers, but I don't believe that is going to happen because of the tremendous commercial lobby pressure of the training wheel companies.
Same goes for Traditional Muzzleloading, which is my second love. (in shooting that is)