Both names look ok but if I had to choose I would go for the Relation API. It defines a new DSL in contrast to data types (ie DataSet, DataStream) so it doesn’t have to follow the same convention. Plus, it is a single word with sufficient meaning.
Paris On 21 Mar 2015, at 17:29, Fabian Hueske <fhue...@gmail.com<mailto:fhue...@gmail.com>> wrote: 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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto:aljos...@apache.org>> wrote: I like Relation or Rel, is shorter. On Mar 16, 2015 4:52 PM, "Hermann Gábor" <reckone...@gmail.com<mailto:reckone...@gmail.com>> wrote: +1 for DataTable On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 4:11 PM Till Rohrmann <trohrm...@apache.org<mailto:trohrm...@apache.org>> wrote: +1 for DataTable On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Márton Balassi < balassi.mar...@gmail.com<mailto: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<mailto: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)
