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Subject: Re: [dita-lightweight-dita] (Not so) silly question about acronym
This stuff is always "(Not so) silly".
I remember going on 20 years ago a discussion thread in the "SGML for the Web" committee at W3C called "Naming the baby". Backronyms like FINCH always have appeal, but rarely are anything but clunky. Can you imagine if the new spawn of the markup community in 1997 had been called MAGMA? That was one of the actual possibilities on the table, with a meaning filled in and everything. (Hmm, now why does that one stick in my head?) Thank goodness James Clark came up with "XML". At least I think it was James. Every other possibility effectively vanished from consideration within seconds of that idea.
Anyway, I have no stake in this matter, but FWIW the name I've had in my own head ever since this all started is not on Mark's list: LWDITA.
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Tom Magliery
JustSystems Canada, Inc.
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Subject: Re: [dita-lightweight-dita] (Not so) silly question about acronym
I have been using "LW DITA" (no hyphen) as a shorthand. I personally don't like the hyphen in "LW-DITA". But I do think it's a good idea to have an official short version, thanks for bringing this up Carlos. I would follow what we decide on. I think it's something we should use consistently in "official" subcommittee communications like the upcoming spec. It's a branding thing that can cut down on confusion.
For the record, our official OASIS subcommittee name is "Lightweight DITA Subcommittee".
Here are some names I wrote down a while ago when we were discussing this. Like Carlos, my first choice was always FINCH.
Lightweight DITA
LW DITA
LW-DITA
LDITA
LwD
DITA Lite
DITA Light
FINCH - Fully Intelligent New Content Hierarchy
Mark Giffin
Mark Giffin Consulting, Inc.
http://markgiffin.com/
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