Of these, what is the coolest naming scheme?

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@evan

It DOES depend on what the scheme means.

To me:

"@" reads "at" and means, essentially, "belongs to" in a hierarchy, implying there is a M:1 relationship.

"/" is unpronounced, and means a subdivision (as per filesystem folder use), so implies 1:M relationship - a fan out.

Intuitively, I expect "user@domain" to be a proxy for a person. But "user@domain/resource" is something that person owns. Perhaps a software they've deployed? If that's the intent, then that seem intuitive to me.

Of course, I likely have computer/programmer brain, so IDK when it comes to the general public. :gonzo:

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@TerryHancock

Yeah that one to me seems most intuitive of these options, but far from great.

Unfortunately in the general public the @ has been rendered confused by the social media use of it.

Thanks, Twitter. :)

A new convention is needed.

@evan

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