[PODLINGNAMESEARCH-26] Establish whether "Apache Open Climate Workbench" is a suitable name

• Type: Suitable Name Search
• Status: Resolved
• Resolution: Fixed
• Podling: Apache Open Climate Workbench
• Proposed Name: Apache Open Climate Workench

Evidence Of Open Source Adoption

Ohloh:

Search for Open Climate Workbench yields 0 results:

http://www.ohloh.net/p?ref=homepage&q=open+climate+workbench

SF.net:

Search for Open Climate Workbench returns 0 results:

http://sourceforge.net/directory/os:mac/freshness:recently-updated/?q=open%20climate%20workbench

Github

Searched for Open Climate:

https://github.com/search?q=open+climate&type=&ref=simplesearch

(68 results)

Searched for Open Climate Workbench:

https://github.com/search?q=open+climate+workbench&type=&ref=simplesearch

1 result, related to computational journalism.

Evidence Of Registration

A search on the USPTO TESS system for Open Climate Workbench yields 0 results.

A search for Open Climate yields 38 results:
Of the 38 results, only 2 contained the single world Climate (both are listed as DEAD)

74144828 1750015 GEO-THERMAL HEAT PUMPS CLIMATE MASTER
74021841 CROWNED WHEREVER EXHIBITED W.J. LEMP STANDARD LAGER WM. J. LEMP. ST. LOUIS BREWER OF THE WORLD RENOWNED LAGER BEER WESTERN BREWERY GUARANTEED TO KEEP IN ANY CLIMATE

No results contained Open and Climate, and no results contained all 3 words (open and climate and workbench).

Searched for Climate and Workbench, 2 results:

1 77230706 SUNPLUGGED TSDR DEAD
2 77165275 SUNLOAD TSDR DEAD

Both are listed as dead.

Evidence Of Use On World Wide Web

1. Google Search

a. First page on Google are all Apache hits:

https://www.google.com/search?q=open+climate+workbench&aq=f&oq=open+climate+workbench&aqs=chrome.0.57j61l3j62l2.1906&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

b. Open Climate returns many hits:

https://www.google.com/search?q=open+climate+workbench&aq=f&oq=open+climate+workbench&aqs=chrome.0.57j61l3j62l2.1906&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=open+climate&oq=open+climate&gs_l=serp.3..0l4.19958.20890.0.20958.12.8.0.0.0.0.152.791.3j4.7.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.5.psy-ab.s0re4KJImMk&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43148975,d.cGE&fp=443df112168ae7b8&biw=1245&bih=639

None are software related.

c. There is an Open Climate GIS

https://github.com/tylere/OpenClimateGIS

That is software, focused on geographic information systems.

2. Searched Github for Open Climate:

https://github.com/search?q=open+climate&type=&ref=simplesearch

(68 results)

No exact name matches. Open Climate GIS is closest (see 1c)

3. Searched Github for Open Climate Workbench:

https://github.com/search?q=open+climate+workbench&type=&ref=simplesearch

1 result, related to computational journalism.

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Chris A. Mattmann
• Created: 03/Mar/13 21:14
• Updated: 13/Mar/13 03:12
• Resolved: 13/Mar/13 03:12

Description

A suitable name search is required in order for Open Climate Workbench to graduate from the incubation.

Apache Open Climate Workbench is a system that allows for easy comparison of climate model outputs (regional, and global, but focused on reigional) and remote sensing/satellite observations.