Here's a non-abstract one: - Apache Data (Source?) Connectors?
Perhaps "Data (Source)" would make it clear what this is about. Otis ----- Original Message ---- > From: Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Mon, August 30, 2010 1:23:35 PM > Subject: Re: Name change from "Lucene Connectors Framework" to "Apache >Connectors Framework" > > It seems to me that the pivotal problem here is the word connector. On > the one hand, it could mean almost anything to almost anyone. On the > other hand, it has a specific denotation in the vicinity of httpd. > Everything at Apache is in the vicinity of httpd. > > I'd offer the following 'made-up' options, all following Apache: > > - manifold (many connections) > - omnivore (eats anything) > - rapunzel (spins straw into gold) > - diogenes (seeking for something) > - lantern (ditto) > - helium (fuel for Solr) > > The whole question of brand management strikes me as interesting: is > it, in fact, the job of the incubator PMC to groom the Apache branding > portfolio by guiding new projects towards better names? Is that in our > charter, or should we, as Chris suggests, defer to someone else for > problems in this area. > > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) > <chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > > Guys, > > > > If I may: since we're discussing marks, why not post to trademarks@ and > > ask >Shane and crew to weigh in? Maybe you have already, but if so, I haven't seen >that discussion mentioned over here on gene...@incubator. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Cheers, > > Chris > > > > > > On 8/30/10 10:03 AM, "Grant Ignersoll" <gsing...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Aug 27, 2010, at 12:15 PM, David Jencks wrote: > >> To try to illustrate my thinking rather than push a name down your >throat... > >> Open ConnectorFramework/OpenConnectorFramework/OpenCF OK, since you've >added a branding word. Not ideal since the purpose appears overly broad > >> Content Connector Framework/ContentConnectorFramework/CCF OK, since > >> you've >clarified the scope. Not ideal since has no branding word. > >> OpenContentConnectorFramework/OpenCCF better since it clarifies the scope >and includes a branding word. > > > > So, the word "open" somehow alleviates your concern? I don't get that. > > If >your objection is that it comes across as being _the_ Apache connector >library, >then how does "Open" modulate that? It's still the Apache Open Connector >Framework. It's still descriptive and still implies it's the one. Besides, >it's the ASF, isn't "Open" implied/redundant? We would never have the Apache >Closed Connector Framework, right? > > > > Likewise, the word Content implies the same "only" status, albeit here I >will give you that it distinguishes it from Tomcat Connector somewhat, >although >the Tomcat Connector is just that, the Tomcat connector. However, I still >don't buy that it is a "branding" word. Content is pretty much meaningless. > Everything is content. I have no doubt that we could write a plugin for ACF >that connected to Tomcat and got Content out of it. Heck, we already do. >It's >called a web crawler. > > > > So, that leaves us, in my mind w/ the option of some made up name or we >stick w/ ACF. I'm all for a made up one if someone comes up with one, I just >don't know what it is and no one in the community seems to have one either. > ACF fits and the community likes it. It's not unprecedented at the ASF and > I >don't think it is confusing with Tomcat Connector. > > > > At any rate, the community would like some resolution. Should I just call >an official vote on ACF and if it loses then we will go back to the drawing >board? > > > > -Grant > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > > Senior Computer Scientist > > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > > Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 > > Email: chris.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov > > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department > > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
