[infod-wg] Action 49

[Steve Fisher]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 01:31:16AM -0500, Ronny Fehling wrote:
> If I can add my two cents I would vote for 'RouteLog'. 
> 'History' is generally an interpretation of events, which we shouldn't do. 'Log' is much more neutral.
> 'Route' alone could be misinterpreted.
> 
> Ronny

Ronny,

Thanks for the suggestion. Other words which came to mind are "trail",
"track" and "path". As "trail" is often associated with audit trail
this might carry the right connotations without further qualification.

So I would now suggest either Trail or RouteLog

Does anybody have any further input?

Steve

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-infod-wg at ggf.org [mailto:owner-infod-wg at ggf.org] On Behalf Of Steve Fisher
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:50 PM
> To: infod-wg at ggf.org
> Subject: [infod-wg] Action 49
> 
> Action 49 says "Reconsider the manifest name and to give it a name
> that is consistent with its content."
> 
> Shailendra replied:
> 
>   Webster dictionary defines Manifest as "To be the evidence off", The
>   content of the manifest reveals routing information of a message.
> 
> I don't like this and so the action has been transferred to me. The
> compact OED gives for its use as a noun (see http://www.askoxford.com):
> 
> 1 a document listing a ship's contents, cargo, crew, and passengers.
> 2 a list of passengers or cargo in an aircraft.
> 3 a list of the wagons forming a freight train.
> 
> In all cases it is a list of contents and says nothing about how the
> contents have been processed or routed.
> 
> A manifest file in a java jar archive serves the same purpose.
> 
> If I look at the full OED - which in print occupies around 12 large
> volumes I learn that
> 
> The noun's derivation is:
> 
> [a. F. manifeste vbl. n., f. manifester to manifest. Cf. Sp. manifiesto, Pg.,
> +It. manifesto, of similar formation, though accidentally coinciding in form
> +with the adj.]
> 
> with meanings:
> 
>  1. gen. A manifestation, indication. Now rare.
>  2. A public proclamation or declaration; an open statement; a manifesto.
>  3. The list of a ship's cargo, signed by the master, for the information and
> +use of officers of Customs. Also, a similar list of freight or passengers
> +carried by a train or aeroplane; hence a fast freight train (chiefly U.S.).
> +Also transf.
> 
> The verb's derivation is:
> 
>   [ad. F. manifest-er, or L. manifest-Qre, f. manifest-us (see prec.). Cf. Sp.,
> +Pg. manifestar, It. manifestare.]
> 
> with meanings:
> 
>     1. trans. To make evident to the eye or to the understanding; to show
> +plainly, disclose, reveal.
> 
>    b. Of things: To be evidence of, prove, attest.
> 
>    c. with obj. a clause or accus. with inf., or ?compl.
> 
>    ?2. To expound, unfold, clear up (a matter).
> 
>    3. a. To display (a quality, condition, feeling, etc.) by one's action or
> +behaviour; to give evidence of possessing, reveal the presence of, evince.
> 
>    b. refl. Of a thing: To reveal itself as existing or operative. Similarly in
> +pass.
> 
>    4. To record or enumerate in a ship's manifest.
> 
>    5. intr. To make a 'manifestation' or public expression of opinion.
> 
>    6. Spiritualism. Of a ghost or spirit (refl. and intr.): To reveal its
> +presence, make an appearance.
> 
>    7. Hist. In Spanish law, to protect (a person) by a 'manifestation'. (See
> +manifestation 4.)
> 
> 
> So the verb manifest is related to the intended meaning. However as a
> desciption of data the meaning of the noun must be used and here
> Webster seems to agree with the OED.
> 
> So in summary: manifest is definitely the wrong word to use here.
> 
> I would simply call the field:
> 
> RouteLog
> 
> or
> 
> RouteHistory
> 
> or
> 
> Routes
> 
> 
> Does anybody have any preferences?
> 
> Steve
> 
>