Re: [access-control] Rename spec?

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Thomas Roessler <tlr@w3.org> wrote:
>
> On 13 Jan 2009, at 09:58, Doug Schepers wrote:
>>>
>>> Since it can be about more than just data, e.g. images, "Cross-Origin
>>> Resource Sharing" might be more appropriate. Keeping the header names
>>> the same seems fine, they're just opague strings, but at least making it
>>> more clear what the specification is about might help people.
>
>> Cross-Origin Resource Sharing seems like a pretty good name to me.
>> Cross-Origin Resource and Permissions Sharing Exchange is a funnier
>> acronym, but that might not be the best criteria for name selection.  I
>> think that images are just another kind of data, but "resource" is
>> probably more evocative of a range of data types.
>
> I'd be very happy to see this spec's name changed to something that doesn't
>  confuse people.

I don't care much either way. If it confuses it seems like a good idea
to rename it.

/ Jonas

Received on Tuesday, 13 January 2009 22:48:52 UTC