[dgAIS] Re: "spravka"

[david nicol]

thanks.  I have actually been using "AIS" in the version I have been
actually working with.  There is really no reason to try to bring in
a Russian-themed product name at all. 



On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 08:56, DAVID FARLOW wrote:
> Is this something that the public will see, or is this something that is
> embedded in the software and system?
> 
> I personally think it's neat, and something to add to my pile of facts, but
> if the public looks at it, well, some might be xenophobic.  I thought of
> "DNA" or some esoteric thing, but that might make people think the program
> was Orwellian.
> 
> So, is it a public thing?
> 
> Katherine
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "david nicol" <address@hidden>
> To: "AUTH via AIS list" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 10:23 PM
> Subject: "spravka"
> 
> 
> >
> > I think I want to call the AIS server, or possibly the packet returned
> > from the server, a "spravka."  Spravka is Russian for official
> > identifying document such as birth certificate or resident alien card.
> >
> > When I lived in USSR I was issued a modest spravka which allowed me to
> > use the municipal swimming pool.
> >
> > We would then have the following nomenclature, related to the
> > terms in the AIS presentation document:
> >
> > "spravka server"  ===  AIS server
> > "spravka client"  ===  AIS client
> > "spravka"         ===  the informative AISXML block
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > david nicol
> >                                      The elves have left the building
> >
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david nicol
                      And now for something boldly anticlimactic.