Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: RFC: Rename principal to participant

2005-09-14 Thread Philipp von Weitershausen
Uwe Oestermeier wrote: Martijn Faassen wrote: I ended up creating a first class User object too. See also my note about being able to access these in content space. The same holds for my project. Shouldn't they be part of the framework if so many applications need them? I smell a

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: RFC: Rename principal to participant

2005-09-14 Thread Uwe Oestermeier
Philipp von Weitershausen wrote: I smell a proposal :). I cannot promise to write this proposal in the next two weeks, but I will try to write one before the NeckarSprint (6-9. Oct) takes place. The implementation of user objects would be a manageable sprint task. -- Uwe

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: RFC: Rename principal to participant

2005-09-13 Thread Tom von Schwerdtner
On 9/12/05, Tonico Strasser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Philipp von Weitershausen schrieb: ... So, I would like to give principal a better name. How about participant? After all, a principal _participates_ in an interaction through a participation (e.g. an HTTP request). Participant should

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: RFC: Rename principal to participant

2005-09-13 Thread Shane Hathaway
Tom von Schwerdtner wrote: It might be worth considering that the term user has a mostly negative connotation in English (at least in the USA). In tech circles, user is completely neutral and safe. However, in slang, sometimes drug user is shortened to user. Shane

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: RFC: Rename principal to participant

2005-09-12 Thread Lennart Regebro
On 9/12/05, Tonico Strasser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here the obligatory dumb question: why is it not called user? Because it can be things that are not users. That said, User may still be the best name. ___ Zope3-dev mailing list Zope3-dev@zope.org

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: RFC: Rename principal to participant

2005-09-12 Thread Alen Stanisic
Or maybe 'Actor' - widely accepted term in UML speak. Regards Alen On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 18:54 +0200, Tonico Strasser wrote: Here the obligatory dumb question: why is it not called user? Tonico ___ Zope3-dev mailing list Zope3-dev@zope.org

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: RFC: Rename principal to participant

2005-09-12 Thread Alen Stanisic
Should correct myself as actor probably not a good idea; in uml it seems to represent a role rather then a principal/user On 9/13/05, Alen Stanisic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or maybe 'Actor' - widely accepted term in UML speak. Regards Alen ___