[JDEV] Renaming

[Michael Bauer]

My $.01.  I think it should be called a nexus.  Mostly because I like that
word and think it sounds really cool.  To a lesser degree it might even be
more accurate.  Locus might work but I'm a Star Trek fan too.  
 
Seriously, never have liked resource.  Mostly because it's difficult for me
to think of a location as a resource.  Of course, if I owned a Starbuck
franchise or two, I might change my mind.
 
What about classifying things, like mike at jabber.com/device/pager
<mailto:mike at jabber.com/device/pager>  or mike at jabber.com/location/home
<mailto:mike at jabber.com/location/home> .  I'm an old AI hacker too.
[Michael Bauer]   -----Original Message-----
From: Emswiler, Mike [mailto:MEmswiler at protrader.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 11:44 AM
To: 'jdev at jabber.org'
Subject: RE: [JDEV] Renaming


Just my $.02 worth:
 
It is an interesting debate.  I started working with jabber some time ago
thinking of resource as a location, but now that I’ve used Jabber more and
more, I tend to think of it more of a device, as in pager, cell phone, or
even email.
 
For example, in my client, I find it useful to be able to send a text
message to mikee at jabber.com/workpc <mailto:mikee at jabber.com/workpc> ,
mikee at jabber.com/homepc <mailto:mikee at jabber.com/homepc> ,
mikee at jabber.com/pager <mailto:mikee at jabber.com/pager> ,
mikee at jabber.com/mobile <mailto:mikee at jabber.com/mobile>  or
mikee at jabber.com/cell <mailto:mikee at jabber.com/cell>  , or even
mikee at jabber.com/email <mailto:mikee at jabber.com/email>  (which just
redirects to whatever email address I have programmed it to … during the day
it might be my work email and at night it might be home email…)
 
Or I can just send to mikee at jabber.com <mailto:mikee at jabber.com>  and let my
client determine the resource to actually deliver to based on the schedule
and delivery mechanism I (as the end-user of my client) provide.
 
Of course, my client is more voice-centric and acts more like a CB than
anything else, so mostly it goes to homepc or workpc resources … too bad
Nextel hasn’t published a gateway to their Direct Connect feature :-) yet.
 
Irregardless of the client usage, *I* think resource is the perfect name
because it is truly generic, allowing it to be a location or a device, or
just about anything else someone might envision 10 years from now.  
 
However, in developing *your* client, you might find it useful to call it
whatever you like … it’s just a display label you present to the user.
Besides, I can’t imagine the work involved in actually renaming the thing
throughout all the <grin> documentation, web pages, etc. or even more
evilly, the source itself :-)
 
Thanks,
MikeE
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