[occi-wg] Renaming the "Link" base type

[Andy Edmonds]

In that case those (incl myself possibly) acting as editor need to
qualify and scope all mentions of HTTP-Link via canonical reference.

Andy

On 7 Oct 2010, at 11:31, "Ralf Nyren" <ralf at nyren.net> wrote:

> As long as all parts of the spec are crystal clear on whether it is Link
> base type, HTTP Link Header, etc that is referred to I am fine with any
> name :-D
>
> Let's say I have had to point out the importance of the distinction more
> than once... ;)
>
> regards, Ralf
>
> On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:57:04 +0200, Edmonds, AndrewX
> <andrewx.edmonds at intel.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd agree with what Alex positions - we still have a namespace (be it
>> explicit or implicit) that is OCCI. Link is still good with me. If people
>> get confused with HTTP Link and OCCI Link then perhaps they're reading
>> the
>> wrong spec! :-p
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: occi-wg-bounces at ogf.org [mailto:occi-wg-bounces at ogf.org] On Behalf
>> Of
>> alexander.papaspyrou at tu-dortmund.de
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 6:33 PM
>> To: ralf at nyren.net
>> Cc: occi-wg at ogf.org
>> Subject: Re: [occi-wg] Renaming the "Link" base type
>>
>> I'd vote for keeping "Link". Core should be clean, and not tailored to
>> some
>> naming in the renderings. I know that, for HTTP, certain things are fix,
>> but
>> I don't see such a danger for confusions, anyway.
>>
>> -Alexander
>>
>> Am 06.10.2010 um 16:33 schrieb Ralf Nyren:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> It is easy to confuse the OCCI "Link" base type with HTTP "Link Header"
>>> and the general term of linking.
>>>
>>> Therefore it was proposed during today's conf call to rename the base
>>> type "Link" to "ResourceLink". That way we let the name make clear
>>> what the Link is used for, i.e. linking Resources.
>>>
>>> Would appreciate your comments. Deadline is on Friday.
>>>
>>> regards, Ralf
>>>
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