I'm in favor of Relation API because the API operates on a set of tuples with a fixed (flat) schema which is known as relation from relational databases.
Everybody who took a database intro class should be familiar with this term. On Mar 21, 2015 5:14 PM, "Henry Saputra" <henry.sapu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I like the Relation or Relational. So maybe we could use DataRelation > as the abstraction? > > - Henry > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Fabian Hueske <fhue...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am also more in favor of Rel and Relation, but DataTable nicely follows > > the terms DataSet and DataStream. > > On Mar 16, 2015 4:58 PM, "Aljoscha Krettek" <aljos...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > >> I like Relation or Rel, is shorter. > >> On Mar 16, 2015 4:52 PM, "Hermann Gábor" <reckone...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > +1 for DataTable > >> > > >> > On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 4:11 PM Till Rohrmann <trohrm...@apache.org> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > +1 for DataTable > >> > > > >> > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Márton Balassi < > >> > balassi.mar...@gmail.com > >> > > > > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > +1 for Max's suggestion. > >> > > > > >> > > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Ufuk Celebi <u...@apache.org> > >> wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Maximilian Michels < > >> m...@apache.org> > >> > > > > wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Thanks for starting the discussion. We should definitely not > keep > >> > > > > > flink-expressions. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > I'm in favor of DataTable for the DataSet abstraction > equivalent. > >> > For > >> > > > > > consistency, the package name should then be flink-table. At > >> first > >> > > > > > sight, the name seems kind of plain but I think it is quite > >> > intuitive > >> > > > > > because the API enables you to work in a SQL like fashion. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > +1 > >> > > > > > >> > > > > I think this is a very good suggestion. :-) > >> > > > > > >> > > > > (There is an associated issue, we shouldn't forget to close: > >> > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-1623) > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> >
