Btw, I think the Wikipedia reference in the Tuple Space article to the blackboard metaphor is misleading cause it's already bound to AI expert systems such as Hofstadter's copycat... if I have collected enough evidence I'll change the article accordingly :)
Cheers Daniel On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Sebastian Schaffert < sebastian.schaff...@salzburgresearch.at> wrote: > Dear all, > > first of all, thanks for the feedback so far... > > Am 17.11.2012 um 20:08 schrieb Andy Seaborne: > > > > You're right changing the name can be done later but the name tends to > get embedded both in the system (e.g. URLs, JIRA project) and more > importantly in people knowing about the community. > > > > Renaming for the community is hard and risky - I would say it is easier > to sort it out as part of project initialization if you believe the name > change is likely. > > > > I did a quick search and found 2 "linda"s: Linda Spaces (the blackboard > system that, I guess, is triggering the comments here) and TCP Linda, a > parallel execution environment (which may well be related to the blackboard > linda). > > > > TCP Linda ==> > > http://www.gaussian.com/g_prod/linda.htm > > > > Linda spaces leads to JavaSpaces so is a known name in the Java world at > least. There is a SourceForge project linda (but looks dormant) > > > > Andy > > > > > > > I agree that "Linda" is a very generic name and as such there are already > several projects out there with this name. On the other hand, we chose > "Linda" as an acronym for "Linked Data" in order to increase > recognizability especially in the domain we are targeting. For our > community, we think it would be quite easy to identify "Apache Linda" with > the Linked Data Platform and not with a blackboard system or a methodology > for parallel execution. A more artificial name would probably have a harder > time establishing a brand (but of course the project is good enough to > manage ;-) ). > > In case the Incubator PMC still recommends to rename the project, I agree > we should do it BEFORE starting up the project. We will discuss options for > renaming on Monday (European Time) and come up with suggestions. > > Greetings, > > > Sebastian > -- > | Dr. Sebastian Schaffert sebastian.schaff...@salzburgresearch.at > | Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft http://www.salzburgresearch.at > | Head of Knowledge and Media Technologies Group +43 662 2288 423 > | Jakob-Haringer Strasse 5/II > | A-5020 Salzburg > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
