names

A Good Name instead of DAML+OIL

Hans Akkermans (on behalf of On-To-Knowledge/OntoWeb), 11-06-2001

Proposals come in three categories: (1) good candidate names; (2) secondary names; (3) nicknames. Rules of thumb for really good acronym-based names are:

Must be a nice word that sticks;
Connotations must be sensible and appropriate;
Based on acronym that makes sense for the purpose;
Must sound nice, and be pronounceable internationally;
Preferably with a suitable visual connotation (for logo or sign);
Ideally show that we have fun and believe in what we do.

Good candidate names for the W3C successor of DAML+OIL:

SWEEP	Semantic Web Enabling Efficient Processor language
SWARM	Semantic Web Annotation & Reasoning Middleware
SWELL	Semantic Web Engine Logical Language
SWORD	Semantic Web Ontological Reasoning Dedicated language
SWAN	Semantic Web Annotation language

Secondary names:

SWOOP	Semantic Web Ontology-Oriented Processing language
SWIM	Semantic Web Inference Middleware
SWALLOW	Semantic Web Annotation Logical Layer OntoWare
SWISS	Semantic Web Inference Service Support language
SWANK	Semantic Web Annotation Knowledge language
SWEET	Semantic Web Efficient Enabling Technology
….

Nicknames:

SWAMP	Semantic Web Agent Markup Problem-solving language
SWEAT	Semantic Web Easy Access Technology
SWINE	Semantic Web Inference Engine
SWINDLE	Semantic Web Inference Drill-down LanguagE
SWATCH	Semantic Web Annotation Technology Cosmic Hacking language
SWISH	Semantic WISHful thinking language
SWEAR	Semantic Web Efficient Annotation & Reasoning language
SWOLLEN	Semantic Web Ontology Liberation Language & ENgine
SLOGAN	Semantic LOGical ANnotation language