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[jsr363-experts] Re: [Vote] Chose name for "MassDensity"

  • From: Martin Desruisseaux < >
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  • Subject: [jsr363-experts] Re: [Vote] Chose name for "MassDensity"
  • Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 09:39:23 +0200
  • Organization: Geomatys

Hello Werner

Le 09/06/15 18:02, Werner Keil a écrit :
> To avoid confusion with others and for the sake of keeping the API
> compact, is there a problem to cut the list of supported quantities at
> "Density" then?;-)

I'm neutral about the inclusion of SurfaceDensity, CurrentDensity and
other types (I do not use them myself). But why would their inclusion
cause a confusion about what "Density" is? Is there a fear that some
peoples could think that "Density" is the base type of all other density
types? I would tend to believe that the wide usage of the "density" term
would protect it from such harm.

About "Density" versus "MassDensity", maybe we can also consider the
following scenarios when thinking about the risk of confusion:

  * *If we choose "**Density**":* Given that "density" is probably the
    most widely used term, if someone looking for "mass density" does
    not find a "MassDensity" interface, he is likely to look for a
    "Density" interface because he know that "density" is widely used.
  * *If we choose "**MassDensity**":* I suspect that many peoples
    looking for the "Density" interface may not be aware of the "mass
    density" term, and consequently may not find immediately
    the"MassDensity" interface. They may think that this type is not
    provided in the API. This would be something similar to
    https://java.net/jira/browse/UNITSOFMEASUREMENT-9 where the reporter
    though that the "mass density" type was missing while actually it
    existed under the name (at that time) "VolumetricDensity".


Martin



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