We need your help
Mar 21, 2009 by Joseph Reeves
We're starting work on an Open Source animal bones database for use by Archaeologists (and others?) - it's going up on our Open Archaeology Launchpad site, but we've hit a snag - what do we call it?
Chris has emailed about it, Jo has blogged about it, but we're still without a name.
What would you call an Open Source animal bones database that will be finding use all over the world? Immortality is the prize awarded to the winner, there'll be no losers.
A name for an Open Archeology DB...
I would suggest...
AthenaeumOnline
or
OpenAthenaeum
or
ArchaeologyAthenaeum
Posted by cprofitt on March 21, 2009 at 05:33 PM GMT+00:00 #
Keep it simple.
'bones'
Buy bones.org from Cornell's Pep Band too, their site sucks.
Posted by ethana2 on March 21, 2009 at 06:30 PM GMT+00:00 #
If it's for bones only, "FLOSSeous."
If it's for any items of archaeological significance, "Artifactual," or somesuch.
Bad puns and portmanteaux are at the lowest levels of software naming stratigraphy. ;)
Posted by Kurt von Finck on March 21, 2009 at 06:32 PM GMT+00:00 #
How about Ossuary? OpenOssuary etc?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossuary
Posted by Markus on March 21, 2009 at 07:14 PM GMT+00:00 #
bonepedia
archepedia
opendig
Posted by morey on March 21, 2009 at 08:00 PM GMT+00:00 #
Boniki - bone wiki ?
Posted by Aigars Mahinovs on March 21, 2009 at 08:02 PM GMT+00:00 #
How about Bonarium/Bonearium?
Posted by Lazerdye on March 21, 2009 at 08:10 PM GMT+00:00 #
FOSS-il
Posted by ryts on March 21, 2009 at 08:19 PM GMT+00:00 #
How about BOYD? As in, "Bring Out Your Dead"?
Posted by Marc on March 21, 2009 at 08:31 PM GMT+00:00 #
Cranium - it's where all the brains go ;-)
Posted by Steve on March 21, 2009 at 10:22 PM GMT+00:00 #
Wishbone, Barebones, Orthobase (based on Orthopaedic)
Posted by Daviey on March 21, 2009 at 11:29 PM GMT+00:00 #
Last year I had an idea for a project that would take old/dead open source projects, store them in a single location, that would allow people to take them over and what not. The name I came up with them was "Open Boneyard". It sounds like that name could also be used with this project. This project definitely sounds cool though, good luck with it!
Posted by nixternal on March 21, 2009 at 11:42 PM GMT+00:00 #
Chopsticks
Posted by Phil on March 22, 2009 at 06:42 AM GMT+00:00 #
How about 'OpenBones'?
Posted by Stewart Johnston on March 22, 2009 at 07:49 AM GMT+00:00 #
Fossa
Posted by Nakkel on March 22, 2009 at 10:09 AM GMT+00:00 #
Call it "boneyard".
I think this would be a valuable resource to 3d artists as well and game developers.
Posted by Dread Knight on March 22, 2009 at 11:43 AM GMT+00:00 #
It simple : Archeologio
Why ? Because its the Greek word that means: a collection of archaeological findings.
For any other Greek word related to the project don't hesitate... just mail me..
Posted by Salih Emin on March 22, 2009 at 01:26 PM GMT+00:00 #
Osteonic
OpenApatite
Howship's Ark
UberTubercle
BONEDb
Skeletor
OK, well maybe not those last two ;-)
Posted by Benjamin Kay on March 23, 2009 at 02:40 AM GMT+00:00 #
OOH
Open Osteological Hoard
Posted by Ben Rousch on March 23, 2009 at 01:28 PM GMT+00:00 #
Vertebase
Posted by Peter Olson on March 23, 2009 at 02:42 PM GMT+00:00 #
This is going to be a wiki, right?
Wikibones?
Bonewiki?
bioki?
Wikiarcheology?
Wikidead?
The Archeology Wiki?
The Bone Wiki?
The Wiki We Dug Up?
Dugwiki?
Wikidug?
Digwiki?
Wikidig?
Posted by Michael "Wikipedia is well known" Howell on March 23, 2009 at 02:58 PM GMT+00:00 #
What about Marrow?
It's what you get when you open bones, after all.
Posted by Jamie on March 23, 2009 at 03:39 PM GMT+00:00 #
Sorry Michael, but it's not going to be a wiki (we've got a few of them in production already; installing mediawiki has never required us to post code to launchpad or ask the ubuntu community for naming help yet! ;)
The comp will probably be coming to an end soon, so if anyone wants fame and fortune, there aint too much time left to get it!
Posted by Joseph on March 23, 2009 at 09:06 PM GMT+00:00 #
Or you want to mix animals, death, necropolis and the word 'open' you can call it:
Zoonecropenis
Mmmm... Ok, no, that was not a good one. Forget it.
Posted by RafaMJ on March 26, 2009 at 03:37 PM GMT+00:00 #
This are serious
Zoomentery
or
Zoopmentery
or
Zoonecropolis
I'll see if I think about something better :)
Posted by RafaMJ on March 26, 2009 at 03:37 PM GMT+00:00 #