[Openstack-docs] Conventions on naming [clarifications]

Anne Gentle anne at openstack.org
Mon Mar 17 12:58:24 UTC 2014


To me it appears we can lowercase service for everything except Image
Service.

We have the board working on this but for now our best guidance is
contained in the links sent so far.

Thanks for bringing it to the list Don.
Anne


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:44 AM, Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse.com> wrote:

> On 03/17/2014 06:56 AM, Don Domingo wrote:
> > Thanks Diane. I'll take that as an indication that the word "Service"
> can be dropped from keystone's name. I'm editing the
> "Documentation/Conventions" wiki now.
> >
> > I'm still puzzled with "OpenStack Image Service" though. The links
> provided by Diane F and Steve G include the word "Service" with uppercase
> "S". Is the uppercase "S" of "Service" here a strict convention? From what
> I can see, we typically use "service" (lowercase "s") when referring to
> other services, such as "Compute service" or "Block Storage service". Is
> there any good reason for us to make an exception with "Image Service"? Or
> should we actually be using uppercase "S" with "Service" beside service
> names -- meaning we'll have to change all instances of, say, "Compute
> service" to "Compute Service"?
> >
> > Anne Gentle, can you provide some guidance on this? Thanks!
> >
>
> "Service" here is really is part of the name, so it's "Image Service",
>
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