Name It Proposals Discussion
[GrantCarpenter] The fact that another open source project is using the name Echo, would like to keep it as their own and has a pending trademark application on the name seem like compelling reasons to not use it. I refactored the existing alternate name proposals on this page and others and tried to come up with something less chaotic as a process: ProjectNameProcess, ProjectNameProposals. Related: ProjectNameGuidelines, ProjectLegal.
(Perhaps this page should be slowly factored out in favor of ProjectNameProposals?).
This space is for discussion possible naming proposals. Serious proposals only please.
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Pie See NameItPieDiscussion.
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Echo See NameItEchoDiscussion.
A poll of Pie, Echo or Other has been started. See NameIt.
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Spiel (possibly stand for Syndicate/Publish Information Exchange Language) [DaveBettin]
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ConeS contraction of Consumable Syndication, imagine the icons now. [GaryF]
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Extensible OnLine Content Model [Yining]
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Open Web Syndication Project [JamesSnell]
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Syndicated Content Data Model/Data Format/Management Protocol [JamesSnell]
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Weblog Ontology (BlogOnt) [MarkCidade]
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too geeky [MarkPilgrim, TimothyAppnel]
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Too narrow as well. The word "log" can't be used. [AsbjornUlsberg]
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Grand Weblog Unification Effort, Weblog Common X [LesOrchard] (This is a half-serious attempt that needs much work.)
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Open Log Syndication Project (OLSP) [JamesSnell]
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acronyms too geeky [TimothyAppnel]
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disagree; acronyms useful. variation on above: Open Log Syndication Initiative [ChrisWilper]
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too "markety" [JamesSnell RefactorOk]
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Weblog Implementor's Guide, Using <insert tech here> for Weblogs. What I mean is that there may be more prior art to be adopted and adapted than there is new standards to develop. [KenMacLeod]
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too non-descriptive [JamesSnell RefactorOk]
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The Well Formed Log [JamesSnell]
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Metadata Site Summary (MSS) [dsifry]
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Too much like that "other format." [TimothyAppnel]
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Pearl
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Umm, no. Perl [ArveBersvendsen, AsbjornUlsberg]
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Open Syndication Project (like JamesSnell's proposal minus "web". most of us will use on the web by default but doesn't sound as limiting) [ChristianRomney]
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Slog (As a word. Simple LOG) [zellynhunter]
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I sorta like this, but hmm, the connotations. [UcheOgbuji]
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Open Weblog Interoperability Initiative [StanFinley]
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This goes beyond weblogs. How about Web Interoperability Initiative? [ArveBersvendsen, AsbjornUlsberg]
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Forward Motion Syndication [TomasJogin] ("Forward Motion" other than being an inherently _positive_ phrase, seems to be what a lot of people are calling this initiative already)
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Although a nice suggestion, there are a many possible name collisions. Review this Google Search [ArveBersvendsen][RefactorOk]
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True, but there's nothing even remotely similar to anything related to syndication, or blogging, called "Forward Motion", is there? I mean, what are the odds that any of the previously proposed names aren't already "taken" -- in whole or in part -- to that effect? [TomasJogin]
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Weblog Standards Project [MichaelBernstein]
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Blog Standards Project [MichaelBernstein]
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Both of the above: the word "standards" is guaranteed to make anyone not already interested in the project go to sleep - [GaryF]
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Extensible Weblog Project (EWP, XWP) [MichaelBernstein]
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[TimothyAppnel] -1 to the four above. This effort is clearly applicable beyond weblogs.
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[MichaelBernstein] Welll, ok, but many of the other entries mention 'weblog' in one form or another as well.
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Webonomicon [MichaelBernstein]
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Cryptonomicon? "Too Geeky" [ArveBersvendsen]
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[MichaelBernstein] Actually a pun on 'Necronomicon', itself a..., but nevermind. The "Too Geeky" charge is still valid.
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ESP - Extensible Syndication Project (alternatively, Extensible Syndication & Publication) [MichaelBernstein]
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News Syndication Format (NSF) [AsbjornUlsberg]
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The reason I introduce the word "News" is that this format will be used by not only weblogs, but also huge news sites like BBC.co.uk, and therefore the word "log" or "weblog" is too narrow. We need a format that can be a very simple alternative to humongous news formats like NewsML.
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WriteAway - ...Maybe something to do with portability, device-independence, mobility? I realize this is not a specific suggestion and should be deleted eventually. Just brainstorming here. Also, I notice there's starting to be a branching around being weblog-specific or embracing larger content interchange issues. Hey Content Interchange Format (CIF)? but that's an acronym... [ChristianCrumlish]
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FUNK - it is what it is.
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Funny, but, umm, no. [MichaelBernstein]
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Smart Publishing Model [TrevorHill]
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Newsmatic
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DAVE (Directed Autonomous Volumes of Entries)! [NotDave]
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Again, (like FUNK) funny, but no.
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[UcheOgbuji] Here's where I put in my plea for a fresh and effervescent name rather than Yet Another Bland Acronym. On the principle of moving forwards, perhaps "Neolog" (~="new name"). Hmm. Unwelcome "Matrix" associations, or maybe "Postlog" ("post" the war, log of "postings"). More general brainstoriming "Commlog" ("Community" or "Communications"), "Register" (simple, and that's what it is), "Ticker", "Tally" and my silly entry: "Windex" ("Web index").
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Syndicastor - or Syndicastro if you want to be funny.
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Utopia [MichaelBernstein]
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IDX, the [Information|Item|IDX] [Data|Description] eXchange, [JamesBritt]
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Canvas [MichaelBernstein]
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panovox (all voices) [MichaelBernstein]
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melange [MichaelBernstein]
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Yaba [JamesBritt]
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Sync [JamesBritt]
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Diary [ShakeelMahate]
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Remember when you were going to form a garage band but nobody could agree on the name? There's an open poll. Let's do this. I like Pie. [StanFinley]
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Sindy || Syndi [GuilleBe]
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Open Content eXchange. Could be simplified to the strong monosyllabic soundbite-fresh "Ox"; true acronyms are superior to initialisms or abbreviations. [JonathanBroad]
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Metanews [BryantDurrell] -- by parallel to a newspaper, supports the "many items one page" model. Metanews Archive (MNA), Metanews Syndication (MNS), Metanews API?
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I like this one, actually. The word "news" does it for me. [AsbjornUlsberg]
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I like this one too, with the minor quibble that most of the relevant publications aren't 'news' publications. [MichaelBernstein]
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That totally depends on what you put in the word "news". A log entry is of course news to someone, in several ways; It's something new, and it's of interest as a "news bulletin". The word "news" is a lot wider concept than "log", and here's no doubt that existing and future versions of RSS will be used for many other purposes than web logging. [AsbjornUlsberg]
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I like Metapub (below) as much if not better than Metanews. [BryantDurrell]
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The (RSS) Soup. [SimonPhipps] Harks back to the days of Fractint and Stone Soup
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RSS 3.0 (just kidding! don't hit me!) [ChristianCrumlish]
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Already in use [Phillip Winn]
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Micro-Content Syndication (MCS) [MarcCanter]
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Too similar to CMS, which is a mixup we don't want.
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Pubs, for Personal Publication System, as both an acronym and just a short name -- no caps [ShelleyPowers] - The Pubs data model, syndication format, API, and interoperability format. It's close to Pie in simplicity without the "cuteness".
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I like this one too. [MichaelBernstein]
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Publication Standards Project or PubS Project - I think this works better as an acronym [Michael Bernstein]
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I like Pubs, we can have a text link like this ->-Pubs~>~ But all the pubs.* domain names are gone. [DaveWarnock]
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I've already spent half my life in pubs, do I want to spend the other half there too? (I quite like the idea best see what a few more Brits make of it [DannyAyers]
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Condensation
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Metapublication or Metapub combining Metanews and Pub [MichaelBernstein]
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I like Metapub as much if not better than Metanews. [BryantDurrell]
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What about TUB; "meTapUB"? [AsbjornUlsberg]
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DCUS or DUS. Dynamic Content Updating System, or Dynamic Updating System. I think the use of the word "Dynamic" would make it more "extensible", and would also help it get adopted by more than just weblogs, I think. This has the opportunity for much more. Online communities, news services...anything with Dynamic Content. The name should reflect that. I just can't think of anything good for it. [axiem@livejournal.com]
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How about SYN as in the Syn syndication format? Then you could have .syn files.
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Hark [GregSchueler]
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Wide Open Syndication as in WOS-Up! [DonPark] - I like catchy names.
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Generally Adequate Syndication (GAS) [ReedEsau] - the acronym expansion is a stretch, but GAS is succinct, pronounceable and rich with metaphor.
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"I have GAS" -- "Go see a doctor". [AsbjornUlsberg]
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SOS -- Simple Open Syndication [Scott Watermasysk]
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I like the word "simple". [AsbjornUlsberg]
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Simple & EXtensible Entries Syndication. [XavierBorderie] - I feel there's a need for SEXES around here
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Ekko [ArveBersvendsen]-- It's a translation to one of several european languages, but it also has an interesting parallel in early radio history
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XSS [RussellBeattie] Extensible Site Syndication. This seems an obvious one to me, I can't figure out why it's not at the top of the list. Other than that, I like Echo.
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It has been thought of. At least the acronym. I gor email from someone after I posed this to note that XSS was already in use. [TimothyAppnel]
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It's a good acronym, and there doesn't seem to be any trademark issues with it. It's been used before as Cross Site Scripting which is a concept, not a product, and not very well known. (There's going to be small issues with any name. XSS has a great allusion to RSS, has the X that corps love in a name, and is a good acronym. [RussellBeattie]
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[TomasJogin] +1 I like it!
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XCS [BrianVallelunga] Extensible Content Syndication. This is more broad than XSS, while still seeming somewhat familiar. I suppose ESS would work as well, but it doesn't have that "X" factor.
[Skware] I've got a few ideas so I'll group them. I think the name would sound best if it it could be used like a noun ("do you have Commune support", "chuck it on your Commune site"), as well as sound cool when used as a verb ("Commune it", "I'm Communing this"). Google is a good example of where this went well (how often do you use the saying "google it" rather than search for it on the internet these days. I also believe it should be short and easily pronounceable. Perhaps a mangling of one of these suggestions so it sounds similar, but is not a real english word (e.g Kleenex is a good example of doing this)
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Names that sound like they could be newspaper names (perhaps tack API on the end of these)
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Commune
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Herald
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Things looked up in a thesaurus under commune, communicate, publish, inform, ...
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Harbinger
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Ballyhoo
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Trumpet
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Pitch
I personally like Commune best out of all of these, perhaps Commune API or something similar, though Harbinger and Ballyhoo are less frequently used terms so might be more appropriate.
[[MikeDavies]] In the spirit of the above: Whisper (as in Web Syndication/Publishing), Squawk, and Pizzazz (as in I just added Pizzazz to my blog!).
EchoSyn Because of the potential name conflict, this will solve it. It is still short, easy to rember. Google does not give much results on it and the domain names seems to be available. -- FrançoisGranger
[JeremyGray] Acronyms, acronyms, acronyms. So many techies, so few marketers. echo was definitely a nice marketing-friendly name. It's too bad that it is taken, but it can and should continue to be considered as a good example of simplicity, clarity, and catchiness. Those of you with good marketing contacts should run the concept by them and see what they come up with. I'm a techie, too, but the marketing part of my brain wants to toss out the following for consideration:
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spark
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the spark of creativity - for other elements in the RoadMap one could easily attach appropriate words to the end of spark
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the spark that can lead to flame - for other elements in the RoadMap one could adopt appropriate words like tinder, coal, the obvious flame, etc.
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ADD [Christian Crumlish]
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"Voyeur" [VinayAugustine] - "we like to watch"
Name It Proposals Discussion
[GrantCarpenter] The fact that another open source project is using the name Echo, would like to keep it as their own and has a pending trademark application on the name seem like compelling reasons to not use it. I refactored the existing alternate name proposals on this page and others and tried to come up with something less chaotic as a process: ProjectNameProcess, ProjectNameProposals. Related: ProjectNameGuidelines, ProjectLegal.
(Perhaps this page should be slowly factored out in favor of ProjectNameProposals?).
This space is for discussion possible naming proposals. Serious proposals only please.
-
Pie See NameItPieDiscussion.
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Echo See NameItEchoDiscussion.
A poll of Pie, Echo or Other has been started. See NameIt.
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Spiel (possibly stand for Syndicate/Publish Information Exchange Language) [DaveBettin]
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ConeS contraction of Consumable Syndication, imagine the icons now. [GaryF]
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Extensible OnLine Content Model [Yining]
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Open Web Syndication Project [JamesSnell]
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Syndicated Content Data Model/Data Format/Management Protocol [JamesSnell]
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Weblog Ontology (BlogOnt) [MarkCidade]
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too geeky [MarkPilgrim, TimothyAppnel]
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Too narrow as well. The word "log" can't be used. [AsbjornUlsberg]
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Grand Weblog Unification Effort, Weblog Common X [LesOrchard] (This is a half-serious attempt that needs much work.)
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Open Log Syndication Project (OLSP) [JamesSnell]
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acronyms too geeky [TimothyAppnel]
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disagree; acronyms useful. variation on above: Open Log Syndication Initiative [ChrisWilper]
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too "markety" [JamesSnell RefactorOk]
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Weblog Implementor's Guide, Using <insert tech here> for Weblogs. What I mean is that there may be more prior art to be adopted and adapted than there is new standards to develop. [KenMacLeod]
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too non-descriptive [JamesSnell RefactorOk]
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The Well Formed Log [JamesSnell]
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Metadata Site Summary (MSS) [dsifry]
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Too much like that "other format." [TimothyAppnel]
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Pearl
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Umm, no. Perl [ArveBersvendsen, AsbjornUlsberg]
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Open Syndication Project (like JamesSnell's proposal minus "web". most of us will use on the web by default but doesn't sound as limiting) [ChristianRomney]
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Slog (As a word. Simple LOG) [zellynhunter]
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I sorta like this, but hmm, the connotations. [UcheOgbuji]
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Open Weblog Interoperability Initiative [StanFinley]
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This goes beyond weblogs. How about Web Interoperability Initiative? [ArveBersvendsen, AsbjornUlsberg]
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Forward Motion Syndication [TomasJogin] ("Forward Motion" other than being an inherently _positive_ phrase, seems to be what a lot of people are calling this initiative already)
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Although a nice suggestion, there are a many possible name collisions. Review this Google Search [ArveBersvendsen][RefactorOk]
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True, but there's nothing even remotely similar to anything related to syndication, or blogging, called "Forward Motion", is there? I mean, what are the odds that any of the previously proposed names aren't already "taken" -- in whole or i