[Koha-devel] We need Koha Naming Standards

[Kyle Hall]

Excellent list Jonathan! I think You've summed up most if not all the terms
that need clarifying. The only one I could possibly add is Lists, but I
don't think anyone has called them virtual shelves in ages.

Kyle

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On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Jonathan Druart <
jonathan.druart at biblibre.com> wrote:

> I have created a page on the wiki for the terminology:
> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Terminology
>
> IMO what we need, most of all, is a consensus on how we want to see
> the Koha namespace organised.
>
> 2015-06-19 15:35 GMT+01:00 Kyle Hall <kyle.m.hall at gmail.com>:
> > It's been discussed a few times, but I think we need to formalize naming
> > conventions when writing patches for Koha.
> >
> > The worse offenders are those things that we use many different names for
> > both internally and externally. I think patrons/borrowers/members is the
> > worst offender. List come to mind as well ( previously being virtual
> shelves
> > ).
> >
> > I believe that our internal nomenclature should reflect our outward
> > nomenclature. So if the staff and/or OPAC use the term "patron" we
> should be
> > using the term "patron" in our code as well, especially for namespaces.
> >
> > What does everyone think?
> >
> > The more we hammer out now the easier it will be to vote on naming rules
> at
> > the dev meeting.
> >
> > Kyle
> >
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> > Mill Run Technology Solutions ( http://millruntech.com )
> >
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