[georss] KML into OGC-still called "Keyhole"?

[James Macgill]

There is one well worn solution to such problems :)
KML Markup Language (KML)

James

On 3/7/07, Sean Gillies <sgillies at frii.com> wrote:
> It's time for a backronym.
>
> Kartography ML (think "Krab")
> Knock-off ML (as it was a fork of GML)
>
> I'm sure there are some positive backronyms, but they would be pretty
> obscure.
>
> Sean
>
> Jeff Harrison wrote:
> > Your argument is interesting, but not very convincing. The difference is
> > that your example referenced a technology, the example I provided was a
> > specific vendor company name.
> >
> > I still think it's inappropriate for an individual vendor's company name to
> > be integrated in the Title of an open specification or a recommendation for
> > technology that could become an open specification.  In the end, OGC members
> > can vote however they like though.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jeff
> >
> > Jeff Harrison | CEO | The Carbon Project | www.thecarbonproject.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: georss-bounces at lists.eogeo.org [mailto:georss-bounces at lists.eogeo.org]
> > On Behalf Of Allan Doyle
> > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:50 PM
> > To: georss at lists.eogeo.org
> > Subject: Re: [georss] KML into OGC-still called "Keyhole"?
> >
> >
> > On Mar 5, 2007, at 14:30, Jeff Harrison wrote:
> >
> >> Seriously now.  As a long-term member of the open-geospatial
> >> community I
> >> think it's not appropriate for an individual vendor's name to be
> >> integrated
> >> in the Title of an open specification or a recommendation for
> >> technology
> >> that could become an open specification.
> >
> > You mean like "OpenGISR Simple Features Implementation Specification
> > for OLE/COM" which I suspect you voted for as TC rep for USATEC? :)
> >
> > Ok, so it wasn't named "OpenGISR Simple Features Implementation
> > Specification for Microsoft" but it might as well have been.
> >
> > Why deny history? If it started out as Keyhole, there's nothing wrong
> > with that.
> >
> >       Allan
> >
> >> Regards,
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >> Jeff Harrison | CEO | The Carbon Project | www.thecarbonproject.com
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Joshua Lieberman [mailto:josh at oklieb.net]
> >> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 11:47 AM
> >> To: Jeff Harrison
> >> Cc: georss at lists.eogeo.org
> >> Subject: Re: [georss] KML into OGC-still called "Keyhole"?
> >>
> >> Jeff,
> >>
> >> WKML - world's knowledge markup language...
> >>
> >> --Josh
> >>
> >> On Mar 5, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Jeff Harrison wrote:
> >>
> >>> I guess the really stupid question is - If KML goes into OGC does
> >>> the "K"
> >>> still stand for "Keyhole"?
> >>>
> >>> Or should it be changed to a "G" - for the "Google Markup
> >>> Language" ;)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Jeff
> >>>
> >>> Jeff Harrison | CEO | The Carbon Project | www.thecarbonproject.com
> >>>
>
>
>
> --
> Sean Gillies
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