[Zope3-dev] DISCUSS: getting rid of the obscure "Title" convention

[Tim Peters]

[Lalo Martins]
> at:
>
<http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ComponentArchitecture/SecurityFr
amework>
>
>> Interface IPrincipal
>>  getTitle()
>>    Return a label for the principal

> So, why is it getTitle() and not getLabel()?
>
> The use of the Title property/method is an obscure convention in Zope2
> and, in most places, a misnomer.
> ...

I asked this question as Jim was implementing the method <wink>.  I was told
the specific name "title" follows the recommendations of the Dublin Core
Metadata Initiative; see

    http://dublincore.org/documents/1999/07/02/dces/

and particularly the description of the Title element.

non-judgmentally y'rs  - tim