[Developers] Regarding library naming

[robert cook]

Arto --

Metaweb is the technology and the platform, whereas Freebase is an  
application and a data set on that platform.  More succinctly --  
there is not a Freebase API.  Metaweb would be the right name to use  
in this case.

Robert

On Jun 19, 2007, at 1:17 AM, Arto Bendiken wrote:

> I'm developing libraries to access Freebase in Scheme and Ruby, and am
> wondering about nomenclature; specifically, whether to name the
> packages 'metaweb' or 'freebase'.
>
> The developer guide does have a brief note about Metaweb vs Freebase
> right on the introduction page, and the way the examples are named
> (metaweb.py, metaweb.js, etc) would certainly indicate that the
> "Metaweb API" would be the preferred name, even more so if Freebase
> doesn't end up being the only public instantiation of the technology.
>
> However, given that this is your company name as well, I wanted to
> explicitly seek a blessing on the matter before going off publishing
> publicly available third-party libraries that use your name.
>
> So: do you guys have any objections to developers naming Metaweb API
> libraries generically after Metaweb instead of specifically after
> Freebase?
>
> -- 
> Arto Bendiken | http://bendiken.net/
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