[PODLINGNAMESEARCH-70] Establish whether "Apache AsterixDB" is a suitable name

• Type: Suitable Name Search
• Status: Resolved
• Resolution: Fixed
• Podling: Apache AsterixDB
• Proposed Name: Apache AsterixDB

Evidence Of Open Source Adoption

Ohloh:

Search for AsterixDB yields 1 results, the proposed Apache AsterixDB podling.

http://www.ohloh.net/p?ref=homepage&q=asterixdb

SF.net:

Search for AsterixDB returns 0 results:

http://sourceforge.net/directory/os:mac/freshness:recently-updated/?q=asterixdb

Github

Searched for AsterixDB:

https://github.com/search?q=asterixdb&type=&ref=simplesearch

(10 results)

Projects related to forks of the now Apache AsterixDB podling incoming project, and some tools built on top (e.g., SQL interface, etc.)

Evidence Of Registration

A search on the USPTO TESS system for AsterixDB yields 0 results.
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4803%3Atgudp3.1.1&p_search=searchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PARA1=&p_tagrepl~%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&p_s_PARA2=asterixdb&p_tagrepl~%3A=PARA2%24COMB&p_op_ALL=AND&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query&a_search=Submit+Query

A search for Asterix yields 18 results:
Of the 18 results, 12 are listed as DEAD.
The 6 remaining that are listed as LIVE:
3 are related to Video Games
1 is related to Dolls and originated in France
2 are related to magazines and books, originated in France

Evidence Of Use On World Wide Web

1. Google Search

a. First page on Google for query "AsterixDB" are all related to the project originating out of UC Irvine and the company that are bringing effort to Apache:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=asterixdb

b. Asterix returns many hits (23M+) and seems to be related to the French comic character; to an open source phone switching project, etc.

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=asterix

Only one on Asterix is software related and it's related to a completely different domain (telephony)

2. Searched Github for AsterixDB:

https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=asterixdb

(10 results)

All projects related to this incoming podling.

3. Searched Github for Asterix:

https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=asterix&type=Repositories&ref=searchresults

66 repositories, ranging from IRC bots; to secret French satellites, to parsers, to Content Management Systems (this is the closest relation):

dekmabot/Asterix-CMS

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Chris A. Mattmann
• Created: 01/Mar/15 18:58
• Updated: 20/May/15 14:28
• Resolved: 20/May/15 14:28

Description

A suitable name search is required in order for AsterixDB to graduate from the incubation.

Apache AsterixDB is a scalable big data management system (BDMS) that provides storage, management, and query capabilities for large collections of semi-structured data.