[JDEV] Renaming

[Max Metral]

I think your point about screenname, buddylist, etc. actually speaks to
CHANGING the name...  None of those things had super-loaded meanings like
resource does...  It's not just one other meaning we have to contend with,
it's like 6 (strings/etc, servers, people, you name it).  Location is
equally problematic...  Here's some bad attempts:

endpoint
presence
jabber node
j-node (or j-no if you're a pop music fan)
actor
actress

-----Original Message-----
From: temas [mailto:temas at box5.net]
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 1:49 PM
To: jdev at jabber.org
Subject: Re: [JDEV] Renaming


Another note is that resources are more and will be in the future more
descriptive than just location.  Some of our talk about next gen stuff
has given resources a much stronger role of organizing the methods used
to search and discover entities.

How many of us really knew screenname, buddylist, and those other
AOLisms meant at first?  Yes they are self descriptive when you think
about it, but so is resource, people just have to expand their mind and
maybe read a dictionary.

--temas

On 04 May 2001 23:04:47 -0400, Julian Missig wrote:
> The problem is that it will be referred to as resource everywhere
> else... especially as we use more and more agents and
> labels/instructions coming in from the server... then the users will
> know "location" but have no idea what the "resource" is. The point of a
> location/resource is somewhat lost if the user isn't aware of what it is
> between clients.
> 
> Julian
> 
> On 04 May 2001 21:55:52 -0500, Justin Mecham wrote:
> > I differ. Resources should remain as resource, since in reality, on a
protocol level
> > that's what they are. The protocal can be implemented however you wish.
This is
> > simply a client side issue. If you don't like the term resource, it's
easy to change
> > the label for it to say "Location" :)
> > 
> > Justin
> > 
> > ---- Original Message ----
> > From:
> >       Julian Missig
> > Date:
> >       Fri 5/4/01 21:48
> > To:
> >       jdev at jabber.org
> > Cc:
> >       James M. Cape
> > Subject:
> > [JDEV] Renaming "Resource"
> > 
> > I realize it's quite late in the game to propose such a thing... but
> > "resource" is a really confusing name. Several people with user
> > interface experience and I feel that "location" would be a better name. 
> > 
> > While it may become quite common to have several applications on the
> > same computer which will be accessing Jabber and thus need multiple
> > resources, I think the word "location" gets the point across more
> > quickly and would be better understood, even though the user is not
> > technically at a different physical location when they're running a
> > second client.
> > 
> > Thoughts? Jer? Temas?
> > 
> > Julian
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