* Tim Bray <Tim.Bray@xxxxxxx> [2007-06-20 17:50]:
So this is an invitation. Is there another, more compelling,
name that we should rally around for the Atom Publishing
Protocol? If we all agreed informally to start using something,
and got our employers to do the same, it's (just barely) not
too late to affect the outcome. "Atompub" and "Atom protocol"
are OK, or we could just always and consistently just say
"Atom" and sort out the confusion with RFC4287 down the road.
Better idea? Or just go with the flow and live with APP?
“Atom Protocol” seems a bit too unwieldy to type out all the
time; people will make up shorter names if we don’t come up with
one for them.
The “AtomPP” coinage has already gained some traction – on
rest-discuss f.ex., that’s what people use when they don’t use
“APP”. I’m not wedded to that though, “Atompub” would work just
as well for me. It’s easier to pronounce and looks fine
regardless of capitalisation preference, too.
I’d just really like to see us get away from “APP” as it’s
completely ungooglable and sometimes ambiguous, such as in
all-caps labels and headlines.
Regards,