Re: [ogpx] resolving the name issue

As a general rule, I would recommend *against* using common words such as
ABOVE or OVER for the name of the group or protocol, for several reasons:

   - Not everyone will capitalize ABOVE or OVER when using them in this
   technical context, so ambiguities will arise in common usage outside of this
   group.
   - Discussions about the protocol *held in voice* will incur vocal
   ambiguity with the corresponding English words, and of course capitalization
   is not possible in this medium.
   - Sometimes the words "above" or "over" in their normal English meaning
   will get CAPITALIZED FOR EMPHASIS, adding yet more confusion to the mix.
   - New names like SMTP or HTTP extend natural language easily through
   popular use, but overloaded terms create conflict rather than smooth
   language extension.
   - ABOVE or OVER may be cute constructions, but cuteness doesn't help
   anyone.
   - But the biggest reason for avoiding common words is given by Google,
   since the resulting poor quality of search results will benefit neither the
   workgroup nor the eventual readers of our specifications.

I have no particular preferences for the name, apart from the above advice.
However, here are some partial phrases that might generate some more ideas:

   - Virtual Spaces Organization and Access -- avoids "Virtual Worlds"
   - Region Interoperation Services -- it's what the protocol targets
   strongly
   - Virtual Services Interoperation -- alludes to Zha's reformulation
   - Virtual World Services Protocol -- works well despite "ATM syndrome"
   - Virtual World State Representation System -- alludes to REST

As others have recommended as well, topological terms like "grid" don't
really help and may create confusion, so should be discouraged.  In
contrast, it would be worth encouraging use of a name that references some
unique element of this particular proposal, such as Regions, or maybe State
Transfer.

Morgaine.

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Infinity Linden <infinity@lindenlab.com>wrote;wrote:

> it seems to me we're in the enviable position of having several good
> name suggestions: ARAP, VWIP, OVER, ABOVE and VWGP. We also have the
> historical name OGP.
>
> would it make sense to go around asking people to rank their name
> preferences and do Single Transferrable Vote (STV) to find the first,
> second and third most popular choices?
>
> -cheers
> -meadhbh
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