Thanks for the reply moli. I had read both the links you cite, and while it is certainly possible that I misunderstood them, I am hoping that I simply failed to communicate my thinking clearly.
Whatever the correct terminology, I understand that DRK was originally forked off lightcoin, and that a primary purpose of the recent flurry of Dev. activity has been moving to the more recent Bitcoin ver. 9.3. and the accompanying "Core" terminology. As a result, it is my understanding that DRK 0.17 will be the first of a series of releases, all of which will merit the "Core" designation. In other words, every release from here on out, will in some sense be "Darkcoin Core." If I understand correctly (which I may not) "Core" is the terminology which distinguishes the client from the daemon.Could somebody please confirm or correct my understanding?