I also prefer Relation. So what should we do? Doesn't really look like consensus.
On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Paris Carbone <par...@kth.se> wrote: > 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) > > > > > > >
