Potential naming conflict.

[amcgregor]

Howdy!

I'm the maintainer of the Python WebCore web framework (see the master branch commit history) and got a neat Google Alert regarding a forum question about your webCoRE project. My WebCore project has been in production use since 2009. Your package is quite new—Nov 2016 repo, March 2017 wiki—and documentation (wiki, etc.) inconsistent in the application of capitalization to your product name, often referred to as simply webcore or webCore.

1. Unfortunately, packages under most package management systems do not use Github account prefixes. For example, Gentoo ebuilds or RedHat / Ubuntu /Debian packages.

2. It pollutes internet searches for the term with multiple competing web development software packages (common problem domain); the WebCore web framework is currently ranked 2nd on Duckduckgo (better for testing as it doesn't personalize result ordering; this up from 4th in early March, 2016, ref: stentle/laravel-web-core#1) and is mixed with Apple's WebKit results, because Apple's internal API naming conventions. (ImageCore, TextCore, … ;)

Having dug a bit into what you're doing, I love the idea of your project; I've been progressively automating things at home for the last year or so. Nothing quite as magical as arriving home and having a dozen things happen automatically, locks unlock, lights switch, TV says "hi". (Stretching it a bit on the last, of course…) What shall we do about this potential conflict, if anything? :)

Have a great day, — Alice.

[ady624]

Hi Alice, I've tried to contact you on Facebook a while back but got no answer. Where did you find inconsistent capitalization please? The naming comes from CoRE (Community's own Rule Engine) and the web was added to hint at its web UI - the name was chosen by the ST community in a poll found at https://community.smartthings.com/t/core-se-name/81212/3?u=ady624

Sorry, what do you think we should/can do?