RE: ISSUE-67: Naming of "device"

What about navigator.dap.* ?
It seems we should not put too much semantics behind the name, because it will probably detach sooner or later anyway.
Then it seems better to have something completely irrelevant than just half-relevant or inconsistently relevant, IMHO.

"navigator" stems from a product, "dap" would do from the WG's name.
We could have just some fun with naming :).
It seems that the real technical issues are somewhere else.

Thanks,
Marcin

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From: public-device-apis-request@w3.org [mailto:public-device-apis-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Dion Almaer
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 5:43 PM
To: Nilsson, Claes1
Cc: Robin Berjon; public-device-apis@w3.org
Subject: Re: ISSUE-67: Naming of "device"

service is better. However, isn't geolocation a service? Isn't mouse input a service? Everything can be seen as a service too.... which can also be a slippery slope.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 2:44 AM, Nilsson, Claes1 <Claes1.Nilsson@sonyericsson.com<mailto:Claes1.Nilsson@sonyericsson.com>> wrote:
Dion, I agree on your arguments against the "device" namespace. That's why my first choice is "service" (even though I am working at a "device" company :) )

Claes

From: Dion Almaer [mailto:dion@almaer.com<mailto:dion@almaer.com>]
Sent: fredag den 15 januari 2010 19:40
To: Nilsson, Claes1
Cc: Robin Berjon; public-device-apis@w3.org<mailto:public-device-apis@w3.org>
Subject: Re: ISSUE-67: Naming of "device"

I know that there are already minutes on this, but I am with Doug. Having a namespace like this adds nothing and feels arbitory. My laptop is a device. Geolocation is one example. Access to video recording abilities? If you look to the future won't MOST APIs be available through "devices"? It feels like a decision based on the naming of this working group and should be reconsidered. (This is coming from someone who works for a "device" company)
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Nilsson, Claes1 <Claes1.Nilsson@sonyericsson.com<mailto:Claes1.Nilsson@sonyericsson.com>> wrote:
My vote is: api, ext, device, service

Looking forward to the tequila.

Claes

> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-device-apis-request@w3.org<mailto:public-device-apis-request@w3.org> [mailto:public-device-apis-<mailto:public-device-apis->
> request@w3.org<mailto:request@w3.org>] On Behalf Of Robin Berjon
> Sent: torsdag den 14 januari 2010 14:41
> To: public-device-apis@w3.org<mailto:public-device-apis@w3.org>
> Subject: ISSUE-67: Naming of "device"
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am loth to open a naming debate, so as agreed on the call yesterday
> let's make it swift. I initially planned on doing this on a Friday, but
> I won't be around tomorrow so today's the new Friday.
>
> We've resolved to use the navigator.device.<module>.<method> form
> yesterday (for APIs where it makes sense, naturally). It's been
> suggested that "device" isn't such a great name, and alternatives have
> been proposed.
>
> The following alternative (including keeping things as they are) have
> been proposed:
>
>   device
>   service
>   api
>   ext
>
> Since this is essentially a bike-shed decision, I've decided to use a
> variant of the Survivor decision process. The normal Survivor process
> is synchronous and therefore won't work well here. The variant is this:
> please vote with the list of options above ordered from the one you
> *hate most* (and therefore want to see voted off the island) to the one
> you hate least. The winner will be selected using a commonsensical
> ordering and tequila. Voting closes when I get to work Monday morning;
> since this is a vote (albeit informal) we don't need to know what the
> reasoning behind your preference is (though you may include it, if it's
> entertaining enough).
>
> My vote: api, ext, device, service.
>
> --
> Robin Berjon
>   robineko - hired gun, higher standards
>   http://robineko.com/
>
>
>
>



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