[Zope3-dev] service names

Zachery Bir zbir@urbanape.com
Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:27:22 -0600


On Friday, Feb 7, 2003, at 10:16 US/Central, Steve Alexander wrote:

>>> We need two good names for these service types. I suggest 
>>> 'Subscription' and 'Publication'.
>>
>> 'Subscription' and 'Notification'? Notification being less overloaded 
>> than Publication.
>
> That's a nice idea.
>
> However publication of an event does not necessarily imply any kind of 
> Notification.
>
> It's a bit like having one of those fire alarm points with the glass 
> panel saying "break glass to extinguish fire" instead of the more 
> usual "break glass to raise alarm".

Then I'd be +1 on the EventSubscription and EventPublication to 
differentiate it from "some other" Subscription or Publication.

Zac