Hi, >>>>> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> Rufus Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just when it looked like we had consensus! That said, I think that > Open Network Service Definition is still the front-runner. In the > interests of closing this out if I don't hear any more comments by > tomorrow evening I'm going to assume that overall everyone is happy > to go with ONSD. I don't want to be a sticker, but I'd rather like to vote for OSSD (Open Software Service Definition). Rationale: 0) As Patrick already mentioned, we are talking about "Software (as a) Service" in general. Network is not necessarily involved, even if it's currently the most popular style of usage. Face-to-face services can be claimed as "Software Service". 1) The expression "Network Service" is kinda confusing, since it sounds like some kind of ISPs or network providers. I believe those are not really the primal target of this definition. "Software Service" might be equally confusing, vague one, but AFAIK it is generally used to indicate some kind of service providers which use software. I think some portion of those are the intended users of the definition. 2) As Evan already mentioned, Open Network Service Definition is kinda confusing since it's not clear whether this is about the Definition of Open Network Services or Service Definition for Open Network(well, OSSD might be confusing anyway. This is the weakest argument). 3) Software = Data + Code (For Thorsten ;-) 4) OSSD looks similar to OSD. It might introduce confusion, for sure, but I think it also provides a sense of continuity. Another "S" will indicate that OSSD is one jump ahead of OSD ;-) Those are my 2 cents. It's all up to you now. Best regards, MH -- Masayuki Hatta Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo http://www.mhatta.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
