Comments on: need a name…

By: Jamie Pitts

Jamie Pitts — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 01:23:03 +0000

I am working on perl/java project to be hosted on a domain name having some take on “dat”, and so I reserved “tagdat.com”. This naming convention is part of an idea I had of making data munging more appealing to wider web audiences.

Putting “dat” at the end of a verb adds a bit of MTV / hip-hop culture to the semantic web. So “dat” just might be the next “tag”

I can transfer “tagdat.com” to you if you want it. Also, you might consider these other “dats” for what you’re working on:

aggdat
knowdat
brewdat
blendat
feedat
savedat

- Jamie

By: Brian Manley

Brian Manley — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 02:22:49 +0000

How about “BrainBucket”?

By: Jimmy Cerra

Jimmy Cerra — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 05:34:19 +0000

Paperboy? Datalore? Tumbleweed? Paradata? Paradigm? Deep Thought? 6 by 9?

By: Michael Mahemoff

Michael Mahemoff — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 16:32:54 +0000

Hi Phil,

How about a bit of street … PhatMix. (As long as you code it in Grooovy :-).

Omnivat … OneUniverse … FatFusion

Jamie, how about “allofdat”, “donttouchdat” >:-D

By: PhilDawes

PhilDawes — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:27:40 +0000

Omnivat … OneUniverse … FatFusion

Hmm… I like the word ‘vat’ - conjures up an image of fermenting gloopy stuff.
DataVat sounds a bit tripe tho. I really need a better word for ‘data’. (Not sure there is one)

(Thanks for all the suggestions btw!)

By: Michael Mahemoff

Michael Mahemoff — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 04:13:13 +0000

“Stew” or “Casserole” are also gloopy but maybe less tripe? eg DataStew.

By: PhilDawes

PhilDawes — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:49:42 +0000

I’ve given up trying to find a cool word for data.
Am thinking I’ll go with ‘jamvat’ - at least until somebody comes up with something I like better.

Expect a jamvat release and demo soon!