It seems I got what they mean. "Adjective" is not to be understood literally, but rather in a "modifier" sense, that is, adjectives are often modifiers to some noun. And in this sense NNPs often modify some noun too.
I would follow the "Apache Xerces XML library" example they've given there: The Apache OpenNLP library is a machine learning based toolkit for the processing of natural language text. Here "The Apache OpenNLP library" includes "OpenNLP" as a modifier to library, that is, "OpenNLP" functions as an adjective. What do you think? Aliaksandr On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Jörn Kottmann <[email protected]> wrote: > There was a discussion about this later in the vote thread: > http://mail-archives.apache.**org/mod_mbox/incubator-** > general/201111.mbox/%**[email protected]%**3E<http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201111.mbox/%[email protected]%3E> > > It looks like we should change it to be compliant with the branding > requirements. > > They are here: > http://apache.org/foundation/**marks/pmcs.html#adjective<http://apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs.html#adjective> > > I think we need to reformulate our brief one sentence description. > Currently it is: > > "OpenNLP is a machine learning based toolkit for the processing of natural > language text. " > > Any ideas what we should write instead? > > Jörn > > > On 11/15/11 12:27 AM, James Kosin wrote: > >> I can only tell they aren't using English. >> It's kinda like saying 'I' is a verb and not a pronoun. >> >> James >> >> On 11/14/2011 12:06 PM, Aliaksandr Autayeu wrote: >> >>> I'm just curious, why this: >>> >>> "OpenNLP should be used as an adjective, not a noun." >>> >>> It doesn't feel like adjective to me :) Can a native speaker comment on >>> this remark? >>> >>> Aliaksandr >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Jörn Kottmann<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> We got a -1 vote on RC 5, we need to create one more. >>>> >>>> Jörn >>>> >>>> -------- Original Message -------- >>>> Subject: Re: [VOTE] Release Apache opennlp-1.5.2-incubating-rc5 >>>> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:09:19 +0000 >>>> From: sebb<[email protected]> >>>> Reply-To: [email protected] >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 14 November 2011 10:21, Jörn Kottmann<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> please review and vote on approving the release of Apache OpenNLP. >>>>> >>>>> OpenNLP is a machine learning based toolkit for the processing of >>>>> natural >>>>> language text. >>>>> >>>>> OpenNLP should be used as an adjective, not a noun. >>>> >>>> It supports the most common NLP tasks, such as tokenization, sentence >>>> >>>>> segmentation, >>>>> part-of-speech tagging, named entity extraction, chunking, parsing, >>>>> and >>>>> coreference resolution. >>>>> >>>>> We addressed a couple of issues in this release: >>>>> - Removed UIMA from the NOTICE file >>>>> - Added a tar.gz source distribution >>>>> - Removed files that are not in SVN from source distribution >>>>> - Added API documentation about the OpenNLP Chunker >>>>> >>>>> The OpenNLP community approved the release of opennlp-1.5.2-rc5 in >>>>> this >>>>> vote >>>>> thread >>>>> with 4 binding votes and we received no 0 or -1 votes: >>>>> http://mail-archives.apache.****org/mod_mbox/incubator-** >>>>> opennlp-dev/201111.mbox/%****3C4EBD377D.3050607%40gmail.****com%3E< >>>>> http://mail-archives.**apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-** >>>>> opennlp-dev/201111.mbox/%**3C4EBD377D.3050607%40gmail.**com%3E<http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-opennlp-dev/201111.mbox/%3C4EBD377D.3050607%40gmail.com%3E> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> The release artifacts and rat reports can be found here: >>>>> >>>>> http://people.apache.org/~****joern/releases/opennlp-1.5.2-****<http://people.apache.org/~**joern/releases/opennlp-1.5.2-**> >>>>> incubating/rc5/<http://people.**apache.org/~joern/releases/** >>>>> opennlp-1.5.2-incubating/rc5/<http://people.apache.org/~joern/releases/opennlp-1.5.2-incubating/rc5/> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> SVN tag: >>>>> >>>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/****asf/incubator/opennlp/tags/**<https://svn.apache.org/repos/**asf/incubator/opennlp/tags/**> >>>>> opennlp-1.5.2-incubating-rc5/<**https://svn.apache.org/repos/** >>>>> asf/incubator/opennlp/tags/**opennlp-1.5.2-incubating-rc5/<https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/opennlp/tags/opennlp-1.5.2-incubating-rc5/> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> -1: No DISCLAIMER file present in SVN, nor in the release archives. >>>> >>>> KEYS file: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/****asf/incubator/opennlp/tags/**<https://svn.apache.org/repos/**asf/incubator/opennlp/tags/**> >>>>> opennlp-1.5.2-incubating-rc5/****KEYS<https://svn.apache.org/** >>>>> repos/asf/incubator/opennlp/**tags/opennlp-1.5.2-incubating-**rc5/KEYS<https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/opennlp/tags/opennlp-1.5.2-incubating-rc5/KEYS> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> Our release contains multiple sub-projects, the rat reports have been >>>>> generated >>>>> for each of these sub-projects. >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks for your support, >>>>> Jörn >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------****----------------------------**--** >>>>> --------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.****apache.org< >>>>> general-**[email protected].**org<[email protected]> >>>>> > >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected].** >>>>> **org<general-help@incubator.**apache.org<[email protected]> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------****----------------------------** >>>> --**--------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.****apache.org< >>>> general-**[email protected].**org<[email protected]> >>>> > >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected].****org< >>>> general-help@incubator.**apache.org <[email protected]> >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >
