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Ioan Eugen Stan commented on JAMES-3360:
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I'm not a native speaker so take this with a bit of salt :).
The change is mostly wording as you say and IMO not something to spend much
time on it .
As long as it's documented how it works we can name it however we want.
I think the name comes from the repository pattern which is not far from what
it does: [https://deviq.com/repository-pattern/]
Directory is more of a read-only thing (not necessarily) while repository is
read/write.
I think in James we can have both types, depending on who maintains the user
list: James (we have rw or another system - we will have just read access most
likely)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repository
> Change "User Repository" to "User Directory"
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> Key: JAMES-3360
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-3360
> Project: James Server
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: David Leangen
> Priority: Major
>
> I wonder if there isn't a wording problem here.
> I understand that the idea is to have a place to store user data. However,
> the naming looks at the problem from a purely technical point of view. A
> "Repository" by definition is a place to "put" something. For example, in the
> real world, a document repository is an actual place to put documents.
> The wording suggests that we have some place where we put people, which seems
> very strange to me if we correspond the idea to the real world. It creates a
> very strange mental model for me.
> I think the concept that should be modeled here is more along the lines of a
> "Directory". We have a kind of index that gives useful information about how
> to locate users. It is not a place where we take people and lock them up.
> Rather, it is a list of information about people. Does that make sense?
> [Here is a
> definition|https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/directory] we
> could use:
> {quote}a list of telephone numbers, names, addresses, or other information
> {quote}
> Note that if the Repository is never exposed to anybody except implementors,
> and it really is just a place to put data, then this issue would not bother
> me. However, it is my understanding from writing the new documents that this
> concept is actually exposed, so I think the concept needs to be fixed.
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