- From: Nikunj R. Mehta <nikunj.mehta@oracle.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:25:39 -0700
- To: Simon Raboczi <raboczi@gmail.com>
- Cc: Web Applications Working Group WG <public-webapps@w3.org>
Art already asked this question a few weeks back [1]. Here is why we settled with the name SimpleDB (it is more than a placeholder) [2]: It is simpler than SQL, which is the current basis for WebDatabase [3]. HTH, Nikunj http://o-micron.blogspot.com [1] http://www.w3.org/mid/0813A315-8FD6-4396-8E92-A24446390FBD@oracle.com [2] http://www.w3.org/mid/27EB8B2E-6198-4032-98A8-0EE5191FC0C1@oracle.com [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/webdatabase/ On Sep 29, 2009, at 5:09 PM, Simon Raboczi wrote: > Please don't call your web database API "simple". It's a > meaningless noise word unless there's some other non-simple web > database API to compare it to. It doesn't even serve to produce a > pronounceable acronym like SAX or SOAP. "WebDB API" would be fine. >
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