[MEI-L] Do we have to call it "MEI Go!"?

[Byrd, Donald A.]

I like MEI Presto!  MEI Core is good, too: more descriptive, though much less musical.  --DAB


On Mar 20, 2017, at 6:51 PM, Richard Freedman <rfreedma at haverford.edu> wrote:

> Or, from a more musical perspective, how about MEI Presto (vs MEI Tutti)?
> 
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Craig Sapp <craigsapp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > MEI Lite leaves more uncertainty on what has been removed to make it lighter and why. 
> 
> MEI Lite is immediately clear as to its intention: a watered-down version of MEI, with the implication that it is less complicated than MEI due to fewer features being available.  (maybe "MEI schorle" from German :-)
>      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schorle
> 
> 
> > to get going with MEI right away, to quickly get started.
> 
> What is the purpose of MEI Go!?   For implementing lite versions of software that process MEI data?  For educational uses? I would not see a point to that one (just don't tell the students about the complicated bits).  The main advantage would be probably for long-term archival purposes: core components that should not change as much and be more stable over time and thus make it easier to maintain the data over long-term.  
> 
> For the last listed purpose, "lite" is not so great to use. "Core MEI", "MEI Core", "MEI Core!", "MEI Core Customization (MEI CC/MCC)" or similar would be a good name for the archival purpose (focusing on stability rather than simplicity), with "MEI lite" being more suitable for the gimpy software purpose.  Using a peppy and effervescent name such as "MEI Go!" is also not so great for the archival connotation, which would need a name more like "MEI Poupon"
>      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwOCOm9Z0YE
> 
> 
> Definition of lite: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/lite
> 
> 1. noting a commercial product that is low in calories or low in any substance considered undesirable, as compared with a product of the same type: used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
> lite beer.
> 2. noting a version that is comparatively less extreme, profound, advanced, etc., than the typical version (often used postpositively): The film glossed over the dangers of the experiment with a science-lite explanation.
> The lite version of the app is available for mobile download.
> 
> Since you cannot consume MEI data (unless you are a computer), the obvious intention would be definition #2 (so "lite" does not have the same direct connotation to me of being commercial in this situation, I might just imagine that it has a more bland taste than regular MEI.
> 
> 
> > [MEI Lite] reminds me of soda and processed food
> 
> This is true, since "lite" originates as a marketing term in the US meaning reduced-calorie, but MEI Go! equally reminds me of Gogurt:
>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-Gurt
> which is highly processed American yogurt...
> 
> 
> -=+Craig
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Donald Byrd
Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellow
Adjunct Associate Professor of Informatics
Visiting Scientist, Research Technologies
Indiana University Bloomington