[UPS] Re-naming UPS

[herbert van de sompel]

Hi,

I kind of agree with Eric that the acronym thing is not very exciting.

Although I don't want to make this naming thing into a complete chaos, I would
like to share another idea re a name I just had:

- openarchives.org .

Also Donna Berg mailed me a name that sounds good and has some attractive
meaning:

- Zocho:  a heavenly king who protects the world from the evil demons

We will have to make a decision soon, but as suggested by Paul, let us wait
untill Paul gets back to the US.

greetings

herbert


"Eric F. Van de Velde" wrote:

> I haven't seen activity for the past two days.
> I guess nobody really wants to spend much time
> on naming. Perfectly understandable.
> However, let me propose to narrow down the list
> by eliminating acronyms.
>
> By avoiding acronyms, we avoid a prolonged
> discussion on a precise definition of this
> initiative.     Moreover, most acronyms lose their
> meaning over time anyway. In addition, many
> acronyms are already in use (RAI, IRA,...)
>
> This leaves only two choices among those already
> proposed:
>
> Kepler
> Opcit or OpCit
>
> I do not know the motivation for Kepler. Will
> the proposer please explain?
> The domain name www.kepler.edu SEEMS to be
> available.
>
> Opcit comes from the library abbreviation
> for opere citato, meaning "in the cited work".
> This has a nice ring to it, is to the point.
> The domain name www.opcit.net is available.
> The domain name www.opcit.edu SEEMS to be
> available.
>
> In the interest of moving forward, bringing
> this to a close, and moving on to more important
> discussions, I propose a vote on the following
> alternatives:
>
>         1. Kepler
>         2. Opcit or OpCit
>         3. none of the above (if this wins, the
>                 two above are eliminated and we
>                 can have a discussion on the
>                 acronyms)
>
> I volunteer to tally the votes if noone ojects
> to holding this vote to begin with....
> (Difficult if a discussion does not have a
> chair and no way to assess a consensus...)
> --Eric.
>
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