+1 -- don't abbreviate.
Rob Philpott
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Kemp [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:57 PM
> To: ext Reid, Irving
> Cc: Eve L. Maler; oasis sstc (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [security-services] Additional suggestions for naming
changes
>
> ext Reid, Irving wrote:
>
> >>Assertion -> Assn
> >>
> >>(Notice I didn't suggest "Ass." :-) I don't particularly
> >>like this one; I frequently write it in truncated form, but
> >>since assertions are so essential to the SAML model, I'm
> >>reluctant to take away its "dignity". I haven't listed all
> >>the places affected.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >"Assn" is commonly used to abbreviate "Association"; I'd rather not
> overload it. I'm also reluctant to abbreviate this one.
> >
> >
> +1 - I would not abbreviate assertion, even to save bytes on the wire
;)
>
> - JohnK
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