On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 05:34:52PM -0500, Casey West wrote:
> It was Tuesday, February 25, 2003 when Kurt Starsinic took the soap box, saying:
> : On Feb 25, Casey West wrote:
> : > I'm writing a set of modules that deal with scripture (bible)
> : > specifications and standards, as well as a few for interfacing with
> : > things from the Sword project (http://www.crosswire.org/sword), and
> : > I'm perplexed about a namespace.
> : > 
> : > I want it to be short, something like
> : > Religion::Christianity::Bible::Spec::GBF is not appealing.
> : > 
> : > I'm think about a top level Bible::*.  I know that there are other
> : > folks who consider the bible to be something else entirely than a
> : > Christian bible, so I'm also thinking along the lines of Scripture::*.
> : > 
> : > Any thoughts would be welcome.
> : 
> :     I don't think that Religion:: is the right top-level namespace.
> : The module doesn't process theological concepts, it processes text.
> : I would suggest that you either put your modules under Text::GBF::,
> : or under SWORD:: (if you're planning on submitting a lot of SWORD-
> : related modules).
> 
> Yes, lots under Sword, and there are several processors, not just GBF,
> should they all go under Text::, or would a Text::[something here]::
> be more appropriate.  Also, some of these formats are actually binary
> in nature.

Perhaps Scripture::Bible:: would be a suitable root.

Tim.

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