WIMS> CIM> What is the W for?

From: Richard_Landau@Dell.com
Date: Mon Jan 05 2009 - 14:09:54 EST

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    Re: changing the name of the WIMS group to reflect its broader scope

    If the goal is to retain the acronym WIMS, we must construct a suitable
    backronym. The problem is the W, since the absorbed PMP items are not
    "Web-based." The current charter draft suggests "Wide-scope."

    A few minutes with a dictionary yielded some other possibilities.

    Interesting but rejected:
    - Wagner's (practical)
    - Wonderful (boastful)
    - Whiz-bang (flippant)

    Possible:
    - Well-known
    - Working group for, as in "Working group for Imaging Management
    Semantics."

    So long as the W does not stand for Washington, or for any other meaning
    of "W" recently related to Washington, it's okay.

    Of course, we could always change the name slightly, since lots of
    interesting words end in MS for Management Semantics. For example,
    Imaging Systems Management Semantics, or ISMS. Has kind of a nice ring
    to it.

    rick

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