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Java has the right idea. Namespace by [reverse] domain name. It's sadly a tad verbose though. There's high contention for short names which is at odds with uniq

by akarve 9y ago

Java has the right idea. Namespace by [reverse] domain name. It's sadly a tad verbose though. There's high contention for short names which is at odds with uniqueuness.

coredog64 9y ago
Namespacing by reverse domain name is no panacea. Your company might change it's name, might be bought, or might buy another company. On the open source side, how much stuff was org.sourceforge that then had to move when SourceForge turned into a scummy operation? Microsoft's CLR guidelines are a little less verbose but still run into the same problem with corporate name being permanently unique.