[Openframeworkwg] revisiting the OFWG name

[Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)]

If "libfabric" can be found prominently on the web pages for the working group --possibly also in the <title> and in the body of at least the top-level WG page -- that will probably be enough to make it Googleable.



On Mar 5, 2014, at 1:38 PM, "Sur, Sayantan" <sayantan.sur at intel.com> wrote:

> I never said that libfabric wasn't a good name ;-)
> 
> However, it is easy for one to think that the output of a group called "Open Fabrics Alliance" is to produce an "Open Fabrics Interface" that is instantiated by a library called "libfabric".
> 
> Sayantan
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) [mailto:jsquyres at cisco.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 1:14 PM
>> To: Sur, Sayantan
>> Cc: Coulter, Susan K; Hefty, Sean; 'openframeworkwg at lists.openfabrics.org'
>> (openframeworkwg at lists.openfabrics.org)
>> Subject: Re: [Openframeworkwg] revisiting the OFWG name
>> 
>> ...which is actually a good point: the parent organization is named Open
>> *Fabrics*.
>> 
>> So libfabric is still a good name.  :-)
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 5, 2014, at 12:33 PM, "Sur, Sayantan" <sayantan.sur at intel.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I like "Open Fabrics Interfaces" the best since it is generic (gives us headroom
>> to grow) and uniquely name-scoped within the Open Fabrics org.
>>> 
>>> Sayantan
>>> 
>>> From: openframeworkwg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org
>>> [mailto:openframeworkwg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Coulter, Susan K
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 11:39 AM
>>> To: Hefty, Sean
>>> Cc: 'openframeworkwg at lists.openfabrics.org'
>>> (openframeworkwg at lists.openfabrics.org)
>>> Subject: Re: [Openframeworkwg] revisiting the OFWG name
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:09 PM, "Hefty, Sean" <sean.hefty at intel.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> FabricFrameworks
>>> 
>>> Open Fabrics Interfaces (Working Group)
>>> 
>>> Either of these names seems simple and self-explanatory enough to me.
>>> 
>>> 
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