[glossary] ponderings

[Jay Nash <jay@o-ms.com>]

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Folks,

Artifact, Composition, Installable Unit, Package, Physical Package,
Physical Package Contents, Payload, Product, Resource, Software Package,
Solution.

These are all terms we have used over the last few months.
I think these are all either a file, or a group of files.
The differences are semantic, but all are in actuality a "bag-o-bits".

It would be helpful if we could come to an agreement as to what term (a
noun) we want to use to refer to the "bag o bits" whose deployment
process we are describing.

I would personally suggest that the term we use for "bag-o-bits" not be
contextual. For example, a file can be a resource, or package, or
solution, depending on the viewpoint of the installer.  The term we pick
to refer to "bag-o-bits" should stand alone.  The viewpoint is the
framework of the descriptor.

Regards,
Jay Nash
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