- From: Sergio Fernández <sergio.fernandez@fundacionctic.org>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:17:52 +0200
- To: nathan@webr3.org
- Cc: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>, Linked JSON <public-linked-json@w3.org>, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
+1 to JLD On 26 July 2011 12:59, Nathan <nathan@webr3.org> wrote: > Manu Sporny wrote: >> >> JSON-SD doesn't really roll off of the tongue... neither did JSON-LD or >> RDFa. HTML is only used because it's been around forever... but it's a >> pretty crappy brand name. Any thoughts on what this technology should be >> called as we ready it for public consumption? >> >> I was thinking: Structure >> >> "Structure allows you to express Linked Data in JSON" >> >> Yes, I realize that isn't entirely accurate, but tag-lines rarely are >> accurate. Thoughts on branding the technology so that it's easy to drop into >> a conversation without scaring Web developers away or making people feel as >> if the conversation is going to take a scary turn toward geek-speak? > > To me the most important property of a name, is that it can easily be used > as a reference when talking about that thing. In the web environment that > means that I prefer unique names over brandable names. > > If one searches for "structure", they likely will never find anything > related to Structure-nee-JSON-LD; thus a name like JSON-LD or JSON-SD takes > preference imho, as it's fairly unambiguous and thus useful. > > Perhaps though we could shorten it further to JSD or JLD, or even, JS-Data > :) > > Best, > > Nathan > > -- Sergio Fernández CTIC - Technological Center Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Gijón C/ Ada Byron, 39 Edificio Centros Tecnológicos 33203 Gijón - Asturias - Spain Tel.: +34 984 29 12 12 Fax: +34 984 39 06 12 E-mail: sergio.fernandez@fundacionctic.org http://www.fundacionctic.org Privacy Policy: http://www.fundacionctic.org/privacidad
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