I see in the article that the STA gets prime mention. I always thought it would be a bit silly if the government were to attempt to create a completely new register, when the International Tartan Index (maintained by the STA) already exists and is available. Why reinvent the wheel? I think the smartest thing would be to simply give a preexisting database (such as the ITI) the government's blessing.

The only thing I hate about reading tartan-related articles in The Scotsman is all the ill-informed comments people feel the need to add beneath!

M