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Subject: Re: [oasis-charter-discuss] Re: Proposed Charter for OASISBusiness Document Exchange (BusDox) TC
+1 - The proposed name is a project killer. Patrick On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 11:18 -0400, Dave Ings wrote: > +1 > > Regards, Dave Ings, > Emerging Software Standards > Email: ings@ca.ibm.com > Yahoo Messenger: dave_ings > > Inactive hide details for Jon Bosak ---2010/10/27 11:14:21 AM---If the > intent of the name BusDox is to quickly convey the ideJon Bosak > ---2010/10/27 11:14:21 AM---If the intent of the name "BusDox" is to > quickly convey the idea that the TC has something to do wit > > From: Jon Bosak <bosak@pinax.com> > To: oasis-charter-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org > Date: 2010/10/27 11:14 AM > Subject: [oasis-charter-discuss] Re: Proposed Charter for OASIS > Business Document Exchange (BusDox) TC > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > If the intent of the name "BusDox" is to quickly convey the idea > that the TC has something to do with business documents, then I'm > sorry to inform the convenors that it fails miserably. > > Very few (if any) native speakers of English will interpret > "BusDox" as having anything to do with business or documents > unless you have already told them that (which presumably is not > the intent of a short name). Until informed otherwise, they will > assume that the work of the group has something to do with buses > and then puzzle unfruitfully over what "dox" could refer to. > > There is no connection in general consciousness between "bus" and > "business." There is no connection in general consciousness > between "dox" and "documents." Neither term is ever used as > a short form of the longer word. > > If you don't believe me, try the name out on some random group of > nontechnical people drawn from the general (English-speaking) > population. Show them the term "BusDox" without further prompting > and ask them what they think it might mean. > > The name you're looking for is "BizDocs." > > Jon > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php > >
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