RE: WIMS> CIM> What is the W for?

From: Harry Lewis (harryl@us.ibm.com)
Date: Mon Jan 05 2009 - 14:59:58 EST

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    So that would be "Working group for Imaging Management Services"?
    (Semantics?) That'd be OK.

    Also, I'd have no problem retiring both PMP and WIMS and migrating into
    ISMS or some other agreeable new name.

    Also, I'd have no problem just keeping WIMS as is and not getting too
    concerned that everything in the bucket is not "Web based".

    Harry Lewis
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    "Petrie, Glen" <glen.petrie@eitc.epson.com>
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    01/05/2009 12:21 PM

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    I support W as ?Working group?
     

    From: owner-wims@pwg.org [mailto:owner-wims@pwg.org] On Behalf Of
    Richard_Landau@Dell.com
    Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:10 AM
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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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