[kepler-dev] semantics

[Ferdinando Villa]

> Not wild about FooGlobe :)
> Actually, Globe is not very intuitive to me for suggesting 
> connectivity
> 
> Could just stick with the old standby "Web"...ScienceWeb?  
> ScienceNet?  
> Except those don't suggest the additional features that we 
> are trying to implement on top of the web

Nice... this way we can pretend to be general, but know secretly that WEB =
Web of Ecology and Biodiversity!

just kidding, I think....

f


> I looked up synonyms for web:  trap, snare, maze, muddle, 
> mess, tangle, confusion, labyrinth, snarl....maybe pretty 
> descriptive of the current state of affairs but doesn't 
> inspire much confidence :-)
> 
> Deana
> 
> 
> 
> Ferdinando Villa wrote:
> 
> >Something like "globe" instead of grid would remind us of our 
> >screwed-up planet while still suggesting connectivity. I 
> know, FooGlobe 
> >still doesn't sound good, but probably already better than 
> Kepler Data 
> >Grid :)
> >
> >ferdinando
> >
> >  
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: kepler-dev-bounces at ecoinformatics.org
> >>[mailto:kepler-dev-bounces at ecoinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Deana 
> >>Pennington
> >>Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 12:38 PM
> >>To: kepler list
> >>Cc: seek-exec
> >>Subject: Re: [kepler-dev] semantics
> >>
> >>Would you like to propose an alternative term that 
> adequately captures 
> >>the concept of accessing distributed resources?
> >>
> >>Mladen Vouk wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I would steer away from term Grid
> >>>Mladen
> >>>
> >>>Ilkay Altintas wrote:
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>How about "Kepler Data Grid"?
> >>>>
> >>>>Another thing that needs to be decided is the 
> names/definitions of 
> >>>>different users and a glossary of terms on functionality.
> >>>>
> >>>>-ilkay
> >>>>
> >>>>On Jan 19, 2006, at 8:32 AM, Deana Pennington wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>I'm working on the Getting Started with Kepler document
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>that Sam and
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>>Laura started.  I'm trying to make it more generic, less
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>specific to
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>>ecology since other sciences are now heavily represented
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>as well.  I
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>>think it's time to settle on a generic term for the Grid being 
> >>>>>accessed from within Kepler, subsets of which can always 
> use more 
> >>>>>specific terms (e.g. EcoGrid).  My suggestion would be 
> to go with 
> >>>>>something simple like Science Grid, or SciGrid.  Thoughts?
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >> Are there
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>>other terms that we need to resolve before the
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>documentation effort
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>>gets going in full force?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Deana
> >>>>>
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