Naming Conventions

I started a page which raises specific issues with the names used in
BLD.
     http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg/wiki/BLD_Name_Issues

I also added an amendment at the end of the naming issues page which
attempts explain how we can use "Exists" or "Existential" as the name of
a class (in the hope of reaching consensus here).  I'll quote it:

   Proposed Amendment from SandroHawke: Add: Although class and property
   names should be understood as nouns or noun phrases, sometimes words
   can be omitted from the noun phrase (usually in the interest of
   brevity) or new terms can be coined without significantly reducing
   the clarity. These new terms become nouns or noun phrases in the
   jargon or technical language around the given vocabulary. For
   example, there is no short and clear name for the class of logical
   formulas which begin with an existential
   quantifier. (FormulaWhichBeginsWithExistentialQuantifier is quite
   clumsy, as is ExistentiallyQuantifiedFormula.) It is acceptable to
   call such this class "Exists", even though "exists" is a verb, with
   the understanding that "Exists" becomes a noun in the jargon and one
   can gramatically say, "I'm not sure if that's an exists or some other
   kind of formula." In general, adjectives can be turned into nouns
   most easily, because they are understood as modifying some implied
   noun, so "existential" might make the transition easier, as in, "I'm
   not sure if that's an existential or some other kind of formula."

        - http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg/wiki/Arch/Naming_Conventions

 - Sandro

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