How about following the tradition established by the contraction of web log into blog?
That would give "web linked data" => Blinda It is still a female name if you need the gender stereotyping of Linda. It seems to have non-English meanings, but certainly has no connotations in English. It also seems to have no prior technical usage. Phonetically, it suggests the Wizard of Oz which can't hurt a software project. (ripped from the end of a very long response that nobody much is going to read) On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com>wrote: > Then call it LODen. > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 8:04 PM, dsh <daniel.hais...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Btw, the important part missing up to now in this discussion is the OPEN > in > > Linked OPEN Data. If I get it right without openness the whole idea will > be > > crippled to a certain extend. > > > > Cheers > > Daniel > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 1:12 AM, Sebastian Schaffert < > > sebastian.schaff...@salzburgresearch.at> wrote: > > > >> Dear Ted, > >> > >> even though I agree that the term "Linked Data" is very generic, this is > >> out of my influence, and it describes quite well what the topic is > about. > >> The term "Linked Data" has actually been proposed by Tim Berners-Lee: > >> > >> http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html > >> > >> and is used in the various standardisation efforts (like the W3C "Linked > >> Data Platform" recommendation mentioned in the proposal). There is also > a > >> nice presentation from 2009 at TED: > >> > >> http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.html > >> > >> Linked Data is also already used by major enterprises like: > >> - BBC: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/UseCases/BBC/ > >> - Volkswagen: > >> > http://semanticweb.com/volkswagen-das-auto-company-is-das-semantic-web-company_b23233 > >> - German National Library: > >> > http://www.dnb.de/EN/Service/DigitaleDienste/LinkedData/linkeddata_node.html > >> > >> So my fear that 'nobody is likely to understand the phrase "Linked > Data"' > >> is very low for the future. If there have been other uses of the phrase > in > >> Computer Science before they are now marginalized (if you can trust a > >> Google search for "Linked Data"). > >> > >> That said, we take your concern serious (especially the legal issue) and > >> will discuss the issue on Monday. I am also grateful for the proposals > that > >> have already been done on the list. > >> > >> Greetings, > >> > >> Sebastian > >> > >> > >> Am 17.11.2012 um 23:49 schrieb Ted Dunning: > >> > >> > Frankly, the phrase "linked data" is also so generic as to be > essentially > >> > meaningless outside your community. There are many, many uses of this > >> > phrase in computer science that mean something completely different > from > >> > what you guys seem to mean. > >> > > >> > It took me quite a bit of reading to figure out what you were talking > >> > about. At the very least, you need to look at your supporting > materials > >> > with a naive eye so that you can avoid the confusion that your name > and > >> > terminology are likely to cause. > >> > > >> > Having a project name that memorializes a phrase that nobody is > likely to > >> > understand without (lots of) supporting material and which is used by > >> other > >> > projects in roughly the same domain is problematic. > >> > > >> > My feeling is that I would be -0 on the name meaning that I think > that it > >> > isn't good, but I wouldn't stand in the way by vetoing it. You guys > seem > >> > pretty attached to your terminology regardless of the merits and it > >> doesn't > >> > seem a big enough issue to be worth causing friction over it. > >> > > >> > You should be aware, however, that with these defects, it seems very > >> > unlikely to me that Apache would be able to help with trademark and > name > >> > conflict issues. That may not seem like a big deal now, but if your > >> > project really does get going and then somebody tries to take over > your > >> > community with a nearly identically named product, it will definitely > >> feel > >> > like a big deal. Take a look at what happens with Open Office all the > >> time. > >> > > >> > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Sebastian Schaffert < > >> > sebastian.schaff...@salzburgresearch.at> wrote: > >> > > >> >> I agree that "Linda" is a very generic name and as such there are > >> already > >> >> several projects out there with this name. On the other hand, we > chose > >> >> "Linda" as an acronym for "Linked Data" in order to increase > >> >> recognizability especially in the domain we are targeting. For our > >> >> community, we think it would be quite easy to identify "Apache Linda" > >> with > >> >> the Linked Data Platform and not with a blackboard system or a > >> methodology > >> >> for parallel execution. A more artificial name would probably have a > >> harder > >> >> time establishing a brand (but of course the project is good enough > to > >> >> manage ;-) ). > >> >> > >> >> In case the Incubator PMC still recommends to rename the project, I > >> agree > >> >> we should do it BEFORE starting up the project. We will discuss > options > >> for > >> >> renaming on Monday (European Time) and come up with suggestions. > >> >> > >> > >> Sebastian > >> -- > >> | Dr. Sebastian Schaffert > sebastian.schaff...@salzburgresearch.at > >> | Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft > http://www.salzburgresearch.at > >> | Head of Knowledge and Media Technologies Group +43 662 2288 > 423 > >> | Jakob-Haringer Strasse 5/II > >> | A-5020 Salzburg > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >> > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
