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

[Sean Gillies]

Bingo!

James Macgill wrote:
> 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
>> http://zcologia.com/news
>>
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