- From: Nikunj R. Mehta <nikunj.mehta@oracle.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:28:14 -0800
- To: Frederick Hirsch <frederick.hirsch@nokia.com>
- Cc: ext Michael Nordman <michaeln@google.com>, Michael Smith <mike@w3.org>, Jeremy Orlow <jorlow@chromium.org>, public-webapps WG <public-webapps@w3.org>
I like the name, except the Web part. Why is it necessary? I argued that it will not be limited to user agents only. Would it really be bad to call it Index Sequential Database? On Nov 30, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Frederick Hirsch wrote: > how about "Indexed Sequential Web Database", losing the acronym, > even if familiar to those who work with databases? (not web-indexed, > however...) > > regards, Frederick > > Frederick Hirsch > Nokia > > > > On Nov 30, 2009, at 8:11 PM, ext Michael Nordman wrote: > >> Web-Indexed-Storage >> >> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Nikunj R. Mehta <nikunj.mehta@oracle.com >> > wrote: >> >> On Nov 30, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Michael(tm) Smith wrote: >> >> Jeremy Orlow <jorlow@chromium.org>, 2009-11-30 14:46 -0800: >> >> I agree with Mike, but I'd also note that "Web Key-Value Database" >> could >> easily be confused with WebStorage given that it also uses a Key- >> Value >> model. >> >> True but we know the distinction is that Web Storage does not use >> a database. >> >> >> Do we make naming decisions considering just us WG members as its >> audience or that of the general public? I think the general public >> is well within its rights to treat Web Storage as a persistence >> technology that seems to be like "Key-Value" database. >> >> I want to emphasize here that I think "key-value" in the title >> misses the subtlety - it is the use of index sequential access that >> is at the heart of WebSimpleDB, and not key-value storage. >> >> >> Nikunj >> http://o-micron.blogspot.com >> >> >> >> >> > > Nikunj http://o-micron.blogspot.com
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