Re: Deciding on the name

[James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>]

There was some degree of consensus at the last telcon to use a name based on
RELAX ie RELAX something or something RELAX.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Smith" <smith@xml-doc.org>
To: "TREX Discussion List" <trex@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: Deciding on the name


> James Clark <jjc@jclark.com> writes:
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> > We need to choose a name soon.
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> I realize we're a little far along for brand-new suggestions, but in
> trying to think of a good short name that connotes the qualities of
> the language well-- a TREX-RELAX mix, a minimalist approach-- I
> thought of a couple I think would work well (in order of preference):
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>   1. MiX XML Schema
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>   2. MiXML Schema
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> In the case of the first, including "XML Schema" in the official name
> may seem redundant, but I still think it's important for it to be
> there (and there are many other abbreviations that are redundant in a
> similar way, so it's not that unusual). Take your pick on pronouncing
> the second: "my XML schema" (like MySQL) or "mix-imal schema".
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> And a couple more short names:
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>   3. LuX XML Schema
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>   4. NuXML Schema
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> The first in the "let there be light" sense, "fiat lux"-- which would
> make a nice promotional tagline for the language, and one that would
> lend itself to a nice logo. Second of course is "new XML schema"
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> And I don't think including "XML Schema" or "Schema" in the official
> name would actually make any of the names unwieldy in practice. I'm
> sure that once people are familiar with it, they'll just use the first
> part when refering to it-- i.e. MiX, MiXML, LuX, or NuXML.
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> > To start the decision making process, please could anybody who cares
> > send a message with the names they find acceptable in order of
> > preference.
> >
> > Here's my list (most preferred first):
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> > 1. URELAX (Unified Relax)
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> > 2. RELAX NG (Relaxing, RELAX Next Generation)
> >
> > 3. iRELAX (Improved RELAX, ISO RELAX, increment RELAX)
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> Of those, the one that seems most workable to me is RELAX NG.
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>   --Mike S.
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