| From: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
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| To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Basil Bourque <basil(dot)bourque(at)pobox(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: First draft of 9.5 release announcement, please comment/edit/suggest |
| Date: | 2016-01-03 10:11:14 |
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On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 6:56 AM, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
> Basil,
>
> > Generally best to define first occurrence of acronyms with full name
> spelled-out. But I don’t know if I would bother with these two or not.
> > —
> > PCI, HIPAA
> > —
>
> Those are external acronyms, and in common usage in the USA; do they
> need to be spelled out? Frankly, I use them and have no idea what they
> stand for. What do other people think?
>
PCI is payment card industry. I think that one is fairly well known across
IT globally, because it's a global standard.
HIPAA I have no idea what the acronym means, and very little about what it
means to people either. AFAIK that's a US only standard, and for that
reason it would probably be a good idea to spell it out.
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Magnus Hagander
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