XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[jason.stell AT equant.com]

IMHO, the convention itself is arbitrary (as is the .nu TLD altogether), but the principle of following conventions is not. :-)

BTW: What is the preferred pronunciation of  "nu.xom"? "noo dot zom"? "en yoo dot ex oh em"? 

Regards
Jason

Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu> 09/18/02 02:13 PM

To:        "Jason Stell" <jason.stell AT equant.com>, xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org         cc:                 Subject:        Re: [XOM-interest] Package Naming

At 1:02 PM -0400 9/18/02, Jason Stell wrote:
>Please drop the "nu." from the package name. "xom" is unlikely to 
>collide with anything (If Exxon-Mobil starts producing 
>general-purpose Java libraries, I'll surely eat my hat...), and "nu" 
>is confusing when pronounced ("new", "gnu", "enyoo", etc).
>

No, that would be a clear violation of Java conventions, which should 
begin with a reversed domain name. I object strenuously to packages 
that don't adhere to this.
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