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Subject: Re: [oasis-charter-discuss] Re: Proposed Charter for OASIS BusinessDocument Exchange (BusDox) TC
Me too. Rex On 10/27/10 8:43 AM, Patrick Durusau wrote: > +1 - The proposed name is a project killer. > > Patrick > > On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 11:18 -0400, Dave Ings wrote: >> +1 >> >> Regards, Dave Ings, >> Emerging Software Standards >> Email: ings@ca.ibm.com >> Yahoo Messenger: dave_ings >> >> Inactive hide details for Jon Bosak ---2010/10/27 11:14:21 AM---If the >> intent of the name BusDox is to quickly convey the ideJon Bosak >> ---2010/10/27 11:14:21 AM---If the intent of the name "BusDox" is to >> quickly convey the idea that the TC has something to do wit >> >> From: Jon Bosak<bosak@pinax.com> >> To: oasis-charter-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org >> Date: 2010/10/27 11:14 AM >> Subject: [oasis-charter-discuss] Re: Proposed Charter for OASIS >> Business Document Exchange (BusDox) TC >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> If the intent of the name "BusDox" is to quickly convey the idea >> that the TC has something to do with business documents, then I'm >> sorry to inform the convenors that it fails miserably. >> >> Very few (if any) native speakers of English will interpret >> "BusDox" as having anything to do with business or documents >> unless you have already told them that (which presumably is not >> the intent of a short name). Until informed otherwise, they will >> assume that the work of the group has something to do with buses >> and then puzzle unfruitfully over what "dox" could refer to. >> >> There is no connection in general consciousness between "bus" and >> "business." There is no connection in general consciousness >> between "dox" and "documents." Neither term is ever used as >> a short form of the longer word. >> >> If you don't believe me, try the name out on some random group of >> nontechnical people drawn from the general (English-speaking) >> population. Show them the term "BusDox" without further prompting >> and ask them what they think it might mean. >> >> The name you're looking for is "BizDocs." >> >> Jon >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that >> generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: >> https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php > > >
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