<div dir="ltr">Does anyone else want to add a yea or nay about capitalizing project names before we put this topic to bed?<div><br></div><div>Thanks :)</div><div class="gmail_extra">Amanda</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Cannon, Chris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ccannon@hp.com" target="_blank">ccannon@hp.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OpenStack-docs] Style Question for Project Names<u></u><u></u></div></div><p></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal">After reviewing the guidelines <a href="http://www.openstack.org/brand/openstack-trademark-policy/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">http://www.openstack.org/brand/openstack-trademark-policy/</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">and <a href="http://www.openstack.org/brand/" target="_blank">http://www.openstack.org/brand/</a>, I see that there is rigor protecting and using for the OpenStack mark ("OpenStack") and logos. Interestingly
there is a non-working link in the second paragraph of the Trademark Policy page that was supposed to go to the marks themselves. Without that link working it's hard to say if the individual projects were listed there. This is also of note because the only
time I saw mention of the projects, they were capitalized: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Having the legal policies and the majority of people using the initial uppercase strengthens the argument for updating the capitalization conventions in favor of it. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Certainly the project code names are not the legal names and won't be trademarked but they are proper names and proper nouns. Since the formal/legal names for the projects are capitalized doing the same for the code names doesn't place
any importance, it just provides consistency. A friend can be named Michael but go by Mike. He wouldn't go by mike. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Having all mention of the project code name as lowercase does add simplicity but at the cost of accuracy and clarity. Simplicity can also be found with the proper noun is capitalized rule. It essentially boils down to "only the CLI is lowercase"
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<p class="MsoNormal">Examples:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Nova team has...<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">for the OpenStack Compute (code name Nova) project. Nova is the...<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All that said, I certainly agree that the legal/form name should be used when possible. Indeed the Documentation team has been doing so for years so there would be fairly little updating needed for many of those guides for a switch to an
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<p class="MsoNormal">Side note: Since we have a rule for sentence capitalization for headings, would it be okay for me to add that to the Conventions page? I don't see any mention of it. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Documentation/Markup_conventions#Headings" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Documentation/Markup_conventions#Headings</a> <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Aha, I was thinking of it as a general convention, not tool specific. Thanks for the links!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Anne Gentle <<a href="mailto:annegentle@justwriteclick.com" target="_blank">annegentle@justwriteclick.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Looks like HAProxy and other pieces that are sold separately or trademarked should follow their own standard for capitalization (per IBM style guide again). <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was going to note the same about HAProxy -- it's a proper name with associated capitalization rules. Same as your other examples, Meg.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the support, Meg :) Funny enough I thought this was going to be more of a case where most everyone had shifted to using the initial uppercase and the Conventions page just hadn't been updated to reflect it. Sorry to be putting
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<p class="MsoNormal">Not at all, and please don't take any of this as a personal affront or anything. I'm glad you're looking around and questioning. We love yours and Meg's fresh eyes!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Given that it goes against general usage and most style guides, it would beneficial to know why the proper noun is being lowercased. I get the need to avoid making Everything Look Important, and wholeheartedly agree, but this is specifically
for one small set of names. OpenStack gets two capitalizations, the projects functional names and all the releases have a initial one. We clearly didn't disapprove of them in general, so why here? <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When I read through those, I still come up with the conventions we have in place. Here are my reasons pro lowercase:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- The team/project names like nova, swift, etc. names are never going to be trademarked so no extra import should be imparted by using the capitalize-for-proper-name convention.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- We don't pursue legal reasoning in trademarking the name, but do try to find a unique name that's unused in the software industry. It's not a proper name. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- We have gotten cease and desist for the use of quantum for example, and by lowercasing we may be less likely to be in violation of some corner/edge legal name case.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- The file name such as nova.conf actually has to be lowercase in Linux-based operating systems.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- The lower case always as a rule rather than exception helps simplify editing and guidance.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Side note: Since we have a rule for sentence capitalization for headings, would it be okay for me to add that to the Conventions page? I don't see any mention of it. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">would make both the writing and the reading easier.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">What about services that are not projects per se, such as HAProxy, MySQL, MongoDB, Pacemaker, Corosync...? Some of these exist<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">make that "Haproxy nodes" to conform to the standard for capitalization in headers. I suppose I could rewrite it to be "The haproxy nodes"<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">I see several people are fine with how the convention is and would prefer for it to remain as is because they do not see a need for the change. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Because I do see a need, the burden is on me to further explain what I’m seeing and why it suggests that using a capital letter with the project names
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">When I say inconsistencies I mean that a handful of the OpenStack documentation manuals and a few wiki pages use the lowercase. On all other guides, references,
manuals, websites, pages, blogs and various other communications the capitalized letter is used by the community (OpenStack and general). This strong majority of people using the capitalized version indicates that there has been a shift in the usage and we
should update our convention accordingly. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">This is supported by the fact that these project names are names/proper nouns and as such should be capitalized. Having the release code names capitalized
but not the project code names is inconsistent. If the name is to be a proper noun w/ all lowercase then all sentences that start with the project name will need to be reworded (source: IBM Style Guide used per the Conventions wiki page). <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">An additional benefit to using the initial uppercase with project names is that it helps reduce confusion. Each project uses the project name three distinct
ways with the exact same case. The project name, the CLI name and the command that is used. For example: nova, nova, nova. As a component of the project, the CLI name and the command should be lowercase (source: IBM Style Guide). Using a capitalized letter
with the project name immediately distinguishes it as being not the project component and helps make sentence creation and updating less convoluted.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">If this makes sense to most of you and the consensus is reached to change to the initial uppercase I will be happy to find and make those changes. If
the consensus is to keep it all lowercase then I’ll go ahead and attempt correction for the majority of docs, which will take a little longer. If keeping all lowercase, it may also be a good idea to remind the other contributors about the conventions page
so they will be aware in the future. Either way I am believer in consistency and clarity. :)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Agreed. Thanks for bringing the issue forward. Even when writing a blog post for the Rackspace blog two weeks ago, I had two editors tell me to capitalize
the project/team name. However they were fine with lowercase once I pointed out our conventions. We have the power to enforce lowercase so why not put your energy towards the lowercase preference that we've had for years?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">One rule we have for simplicity's sake is to use sentence case for all titles, and the reasoning behind this is that it's fewer rules to explain and enforce
(plus there are two competing Title Case styles from certain references). I sense we have the same simplicity goal with "always lower case project names" because once people start uppercasing what they think is Important then Everything Is Important if you
Know what I Mean. :)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">I'd ask you to activate towards lowercase and help enforce that as standard rather than advocating for Upper Case All the Time. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Really though, I said I'd get out of the way on this one. Hope my reasoning makes sense.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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> On May 29, 2015, at 4:22 PM, Christian Berendt <<a href="mailto:christian@berendt.io" target="_blank">christian@berendt.io</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> On 05/29/2015 09:40 PM, Andreas Jaeger wrote:<br>
>> We're following the current convention for some time already and I see<br>
>> no reason to change, let's keep the current convention. If there're<br>
>> problems, let's fix them...<br>
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