I'm with Sriram -- Kafka is all about streams already (or topics, to be precise, but we're calling it "stream processing" not "topic processing"), so I find "Kafka Streams", "KStream" and "Kafka Streaming" all confusing, since they seem to imply that other bits of Kafka are not about streams.
I would prefer "The Processor API" or "Kafka Processors" or "Kafka Processing Client" or "KProcessor", or something along those lines. On 30 Jul 2015, at 15:07, Guozhang Wang <wangg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would vote for KStream as it sounds sexier (is it only me??), second to > that would be Kafka Streaming. > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Jay Kreps <j...@confluent.io> wrote: > >> Also, the most important part of any prototype, we should have a name for >> this producing-consumer-thingamgigy: >> >> Various ideas: >> - Kafka Streams >> - KStream >> - Kafka Streaming >> - The Processor API >> - Metamorphosis >> - Transformer API >> - Verwandlung >> >> For my part I think what people are trying to do is stream processing with >> Kafka so I think something that evokes Kafka and stream processing is >> preferable. I like Kafka Streams or Kafka Streaming followed by KStream. >> >> Transformer kind of makes me think of the shape-shifting cars. >> >> Metamorphosis is cool and hilarious but since we are kind of envisioning >> this as more limited scope thing rather than a massive framework in its own >> right I actually think it should have a descriptive name rather than a >> personality of it's own. >> >> Anyhow let the bikeshedding commence. >> >> -Jay >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Guozhang Wang <wangg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I just posted KIP-28: Add a transform client for data processing >>> < >>> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-28+-+Add+a+transform+client+for+data+processing >>>> >>> . >>> >>> The wiki page does not yet have the full design / implementation details, >>> and this email is to kick-off the conversation on whether we should add >>> this new client with the described motivations, and if yes what features >> / >>> functionalities should be included. >>> >>> Looking forward to your feedback! >>> >>> -- Guozhang >>> >> > > > > -- > -- Guozhang
