Re: Transition Request for 3 Payments Specifications

> On Apr 19, 2016, at 12:02 PM, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
> 
> On 04/18/2016 09:12 AM, Ian Jacobs wrote:
>>> What is the process for selecting the short names for these specs?
>> 
>> They were proposed in the draft documents.
> 
> I didn't think I was agreeing to that shortname and thought better ones
> would be selected before publication, for example:
> 
> payment-browser-api
> payment-methods
> payment-method-card
> 
> and then:
> 
> payment-apps
> payment-mediator
> payment-http-api
> payment-core-messages
> payment-method-sepa
> payment-method-bitcoin
> 
>> * I expect there will be new shortnames coming if we reorganize the
>> documents. * If we decide to change the shortname as a result in a
>> future publication, the Webmaster will redirect the previous URIs to
>> the new ones.
>> 
>> Therefore, we can evolve our shortname choices as we make progress on
>> the spec organization.
> 
> This is sloppy. Short names hang out in TR space forever. Let's pick
> better ones if we don't like the current ones.

We can and should revisit this as the set of our specifications evolves.

Ian

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