Ed,
There is no request or requirement to change the name of plugins or
the wiki. We would just like to use the eclipse.org/m2m url.
Ian
On 10/18/2011 1:03 PM, Ed Willink wrote:
Hi Ian
The URL is not the problem.
M2M is not just an Eclipse term; I thought it was widely used in
the technology space and academia, where of course M2T and T2M are
also in use. However a quick Google suggests that M2M is primarily
Eclipse and that while 'Model-2-Model' is the first listing for
M2M on Wikipedia that is also just for Eclipse. The case for
squatter's rights for common usage is therefore not strong.
However as soon as a new M2M takes over, all other Modeling M2M's
will come under pressure. The container project is not a problem,
amd where scoped by modeling, it doesn't need a change anyway.
One real problem is on the Wiki where M2M is prolific. A new M2M
would need to provide numerous compatibility links so that all
frozen references to e.g. m2m/atl are redirected.
Taking a random Wiki HIT;
What happens to "org.eclipse.m2m.atl.core.ant"
So another real problem is what happens to existing Eclipse plugin
names?
I'm sorry, I can see the container project changing, (preferably
to something short like MtoM, but there are too many other
engrained usages that will be difficult to discontinue.
Old M2M is already out there and much of it cannot change, so a
new M2M can either create chaos or choose a new name. Surely this
is standard commercial practice, a new business chooses a new
name. My own company when rebranding chose a duplicate and so has
to make do with thalesgroup.com.
Regards
Ed Willink
On 18/10/2011 17:23, Ian Skerrett wrote:
Hi,
The Eclipse Foundation is getting ready to launch an industry
working group in the machine-to-machine space. The industry
accepted term for machine-to-machine is m2m.
Unfortunately this overlaps with the Model-to-Model project
short name and url. We would like to request that the
Model-to-Model project change their url from eclipse.org/m2m to
maybe eclipse.org/model2model. This would allow the working
group to use eclipse.org/m2m.
We are hoping that since Model-to-Model is a container project
that this is not a big deal. We hope to announce the M2M
working group in two weeks, so it would be appreciated to get
feedback in the next couple of days.
Thanks
Ian
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