RE: Deciding on the name

["Fabio Arciniegas A." <faa@speakeasy.org>]

My personal preferences:

1. RELAX++
2. URELAX
3. iRELAX

All the best,
	Fabio
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Clark [mailto:jjc@jclark.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 2:11 AM
> To: Michael Smith; TREX Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Deciding on the name
> 
> 
> 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
> 
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> > James Clark <jjc@jclark.com> writes:
> >
> > > We need to choose a name soon.
> >
> > 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):
> >
> >   1. MiX XML Schema
> >
> >   2. MiXML Schema
> >
> > 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".
> >
> > And a couple more short names:
> >
> >   3. LuX XML Schema
> >
> >   4. NuXML Schema
> >
> > 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"
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > > 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):
> > >
> > > 1. URELAX (Unified Relax)
> > >
> > > 2. RELAX NG (Relaxing, RELAX Next Generation)
> > >
> > > 3. iRELAX (Improved RELAX, ISO RELAX, increment RELAX)
> >
> > Of those, the one that seems most workable to me is RELAX NG.
> >
> >   --Mike S.
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