On 1/21/10, Gabriel Soto <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Peter Mount <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm not 100% certain of these myself so I'm passing these to the list for >> comments, but so far: >> Under section 4 - Terminology: >> 1. Rename "Hidden Room" to "Private Room" - although the room is "Hidden" >> from view I'm thinking along the lines of Private being the antonym of >> Public > > 'Hidden' pertains to the room's visibility, while I tend to think of > 'Private' more tied to the 'Members-Only' sense. > > I think there's a subtle conflict between these: > - Hidden Room / Public Room > - Members-Only Room / Open Room > > 'Public' could also work as an antonym of 'Members-Only', so I'd > suggest removing the ambiguity by renaming 'Public Room' to 'Visible > Room'.
Yes I did think about this as well when I was going through section 6 on the train tonight. This really relates to the visibility of the room when a disco query is issued to get the visible rooms, so in this case I too think it should be 'Public Room' that should be changed to 'Visible Room'. > >> 2: Similarly "Temporary Room" and "Transient Room" - although I suppose it >> depends on it's definition and perhaps I'm just thinking along the lines >> of >> a transient within certain languages. > > What about 'Volatile' or simply 'Non-Persistent'; I think both > 'Temporary' and 'Transient' are inaccurate. Volatile would imply that it's state could change at any moment, rather than being removed when the last person leaves the room (or after a server restart). I suppose that 'Non-Persistent' is the more accurate of the four. Peter -- Peter Mount e: [email protected] w: http://retep.org xmpp:[email protected] MSN: [email protected]
