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Subject: Re: Nepomuk in 4.13 and beyond
From: Vishesh Handa <me () vhanda ! in>
Date: 2013-12-19 11:58:39
Message-ID: 1538440.eoXbvpVhm8 () vlap
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On Tuesday 17 Dec 2013 12:22:26 Todd wrote:
> On Dec 12, 2013 6:36 PM, "Vishesh Handa" <me@vhanda.in> wrote:
> > > i'll say it again here so that it is at least on record: i really
>
> disagree
>
> > > with renaming Nepomuk. call it Nepomuk 2 or whatever, but tossing aside
> > > name recognition and years of messaging is doing the promo teams a
>
> massive
>
> > > disservice.
> > >
> > > i hope that Baloo remains a technology name well hidden from both users
>
> and
>
> > > developers.
> >
> > It will remain hidden.
>
> I am a bit confused by this. You say it will remain hidden, but the emails
> I am seeing are calling for the outright removal of Nepomuk api calls and
> replacing them with baloo API calls. This does not seen very hidden from
> developers.
>
I meant that it will remain "hidden" to the users. Not developers.
>
> Further, you talk about disabling Nepomuk in system settings. This does
> not seem very hidden from users.
>
> So, although I cannot speak for him, I am not sure Aaron's branding
> concerns are being addressed.
>
> Now if this was keeping the Nepomuk namespace and billing baloo as a
> replacement for virtuoso, then I could see this as being hidden, even with
> substantial changes in how the APIs actually work. But not when both APIs
> and user settings are being renamed.
>
The User settings are still called "Desktop Search". In fact the KCM is a near
duplicate of the Nepomuk one.
The Nepomuk API was heavily based around RDF. Moving away from RDF meant
redesigning the APIs.
> If any news site catches wind of this, I don't see how they could present
> it as anything other than an outright abandonment of Nepomuk, and once that
> view gets spread around the web no amount of branding later will change it.
--
Vishesh Handa
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