Re: [cmis] [CMIS] About the pronunciation of CMIS...

["Conroy, Scott" <Scott.Conroy@constellation.com>]

I think see-miss works well with conjunctives like CMIS-enabled, CMIS-ready, etc. Do we expect those types of phrases?

The initialism C-M-I-S probably works best when speaking to folks that aren't at all familiar with the spec.

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From: Al Brown
To: cmis@lists.oasis-open.org
Sent: Tue Nov 25 11:18:28 2008
Subject: Re: [cmis] [CMIS] About the pronunciation of CMIS...

I think it depends on how you pronounce SQL: See-qul or S Q L. With regards to CMIS, I use both from time to time though I have been using See-mis more often recently.

I've updated the wiki to have pages for the proposals we discussed on the phone:
- http://wiki.oasis-open.org/cmis/GeneralDiscussions

Please update them as the discussion and proposals progress. They are place holders at the moment.

-Al

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John Newton ---11/25/2008 02:46:33 AM---Internally, we have been referring to it as See-Miss for a while. In general, people will go for the shortest pronunciation pos

From:	John Newton <john.newton@alfresco.com>
To:	Randall_Craig@emc.com
Cc:	<cmis@lists.oasis-open.org>
Date:	11/25/2008 02:46 AM
Subject:	Re: [cmis] [CMIS] About the pronunciation of CMIS...

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Internally, we have been referring to it as See-Miss for a while.

In general, people will go for the shortest pronunciation possible anyway as measured by number of syllables. That's why there is so much usage of acronyms. In this case, it's 2 syllables vs. 4 syllables.

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On 24 Nov 2008, at 23:43, Randall_Craig@emc.com wrote:

I just happened to see “Some early thoughts on CMIS” from CMS Watch in my feed reader. In it, Alan states that CMIS is pronounced “See-Miss.” Honestly, this is the first time I’d ever heard that pronunciation. I’d always said or heard “see em eye ess” (i.e. C M I S).

Realizing recently the whole “language” conversation around, for example, Atom Publishing Protocol (i.e. if not stated fully, then say “AtomPub” rather than APP), perhaps we should more formally agree to the common pronunciation of CMIS.

I realize that, in some ways, this concern is a minor one. Yet, CMIS is still very formative and ramping up; so, it seems like a good time to raise this nit for the TC’s consideration.

Cheers,
-Craig

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