On Dec 17, 2009, at 5:52 PM, Asiri Rathnayake wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We'd have:
>>
>> Entity
>> EntityReference
>> EntityType
>> EntityReferenceFactory, EntityReferenceSerializer
>>
>> I think I prefer it slighty more than Resource. What do others think?
>>
>
> For me "Entity" sounds little bit too generic. I'd prefer "Resource"
> instead. A "Resource" implies I can use it for something (view, edit,
> consume etc etc) but "Entity" doesn't give me that feeling (makes me  
> feel
> like it's something alive!). Anyway, I'm ok with "Entity" if everybody
> agrees :)

Well Entity is pretty common in modeling (see http://bit.ly/5r2Liw)
Also it's used in Entity Bean (Java EE) and is defined as:
"An entity bean represents a business object in a persistent storage  
mechanism. Some examples of business objects are customers, orders,  
and products"

Thanks
-Vincent

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