- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:18:35 -0500
- To: Eric Prud'hommeaux <eric@w3.org>
- Cc: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfpschneider@gmail.com>, Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>, David Booth <david@dbooth.org>, public-rdf-comments <public-rdf-comments@w3.org>
On Jul 28, 2012, at 9:15 AM, Eric Prud'hommeaux wrote: > * Peter F. Patel-Schneider <pfpschneider@gmail.com> [2012-07-25 16:36-0400] >> I vote for Reality Disruption Field. :-) >> >> I vote against anything that includes data, big or little. > > since it seems to give us all reason to debate things we essentially agree upon: > Reality Debate Facilitator > > > There were similar discussions about what to do with the acronym for Simple Object Access Protocol. The ended up saying that "SOAP" was just a name, not an acronym for anything Or we could make it recursive: RDF Defies Formalization. Pat > >> peter >> >> On 07/25/2012 04:28 PM, Dan Brickley wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 25 Jul 2012, at 20:44, David Booth <david@dbooth.org> wrote: >>> >>>> To help the general public better understand RDF, how about renaming the >>>> long form to something like one of the following: >>>> >>>> RDF: Reusable Data Framework >>>> RDF: Reusable Data Format >>>> >>>> (Or maybe someone else will come up with a better one.) >>>> >>>> If this is done, I suggest *also* retaining the existing "Resource >>>> Description Framework" name in the title to avoid confusion, such as: >>>> >>>> RDF: Reusable Data Framework (a/k/a Resource Description Framework) >>> My initial gut reaction was 'oh god, no....', just w.r.t. Introducing more confusion, ambiguity, and obsoleting ever book written on the topic. >>> >>> But then, ... somehow it is tempting. I was similarly tempted to recycle 'URL' a while back. I like 're-usable' (or 're-cycled'); and 'resource' always was an awkward word. Even if we don't do this officially this could come in useful as an informal slogan for what RDF is all about. >>> >>> See also 'reality distortion field...' >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> >>>> With RDF 1.1, this might be a good opportunity for such a renaming. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> David Booth, Ph.D. >>>> http://dbooth.org/ >>>> >>>> Opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily >>>> reflect those of his employer. >>>> >>>> >> >> >> > > -- > -ericP > > ------------------------------------------------------------ IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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