Thomas,
Are you seriously suggesting that we come up with a better name than
EMF? We've been using for the last seven years...
The reason we can't task all projects to come up with a good name is
because "good' is subjective. Who shall judge what is "good"? Should
we create a committee of "goodness" to oversee the rebranding of the
deviant Eclipse projects?
I can assure you that I'm rather fond of EMF and that I do not intend
to change it. It's on our latest book. It's perhaps it's even more
recognizable than Electro Magnetic Frequency or Enhanced Metafile.
I suppose I'd better stop ranting now. It's not like I actually
disagree with you...
Cheers,
Ed
Thomas Hallgren wrote:
I like the second alternative better and would go even furhter and skip
the abbreviations. Use:
Eclipse - Platform
Eclipse - Java Development Tools
Eclipse - Plugin Development Environment
Eclipse - Model Framework Technology
We have a constantly increasing number of acronyms. GEF, EMF, PDE, JDT,
ECF, CDT, P2, STP, DTP, PTP, DSDP, GMT, M2M, to name just a few. Some
starts with an E to denote Eclipse, others don't. Personally, I find it
harder and harder to remember what they all stand for. What do they add
to the mix aside from added confusion? If branding is an issue, why not
task all projects to come up with a good name? Mylyn, Subversive,
Babel, Dash, Orbit, Higgins, AspectJ, Tigerstripe, etc. I find them
much easier to remember.
Regards,
Thomas Hallgren
Mik Kersten wrote:
Yup,
that one is always a challenge. Seems like in this case we
can punt on it and say that projects should follow what shows up in the
metadata
listing, but avoid having the term “Eclipse” show up twice. This
affects both Eclipse Project projects and those like EMFT. That would
imply:
·
Eclipse
Project – Platform
·
Eclipse
Project – Java Development Tools (JDT)
·
Eclipse
Project – Plugin Development Environment (PDE)
·
Eclipse
EMF – Model Framework Technology (EMFT)
·
Eclipse
RT – Eclipse Communications Framework (ECF)
Alternatively
with the Eclipse Project we could take the example
of the special package naming, making the projects show up as:
·
Eclipse
– Platform
·
Eclipse
– Java Development Tools (JDT)
·
Eclipse
EMF – Model
Framework Technology (EMFT)
·
…
Mik
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