[Ietf-not43] name the baby

[Eric A. Hall]

Federated Registry Access Protocol = FRAP

... gesticulation = FRAG

Federated Resource Information Service = FRIS

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on 5/9/2003 4:48 AM william at elan.net wrote:
> Actually how about just "WRAP" - whois resource access protocol or less
>  fitting, but better sounding "WARP" - whois access resource protocol
> 
> On Fri, 9 May 2003, Peter Gietz wrote:
> 
> 
>> What about LIRAP for LDAP based Internet Resource Access Protocol?
>> 
>> Just my two cent.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>> Eric A. Hall wrote:
>> 
>>> I've added some more meat to the ldap-whois spec and am reworking
>>> the docset to accomodate these (and other) changes. Since I don't
>>> want to do this again, I'm looking to come up with a friendly name
>>> for the spec. Although I've been using ldap-whois publically for a
>>> while, that's too much of a mouthful for long-term use. I've also
>>> been using 'the Internet Resource Query Service' privately for a
>>> while, but the acronym sounds like 'irks' which is kind of
>>> defeatist. Same with Common Resource Access Protocol, and others.
>>> 
>>> Anybody got a friendly/memorable name and acronym which reflects
>>> ameneably upon a federated lookup and query service for global
>>> resources?
> 
> 

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