The quasi-official place for CPAN namespace discussions is the module-authors@perl.org mailing list. The feedback from follows is the kind which, for better or worse, you will get there.

What if I have a module that does something specific like Sports::Play::Tennis, but there is no Sports::Play- and I'm thinking there could be?

What does Play add that's not already suggested by Sports and Tennis?

I have a module that I placed in namespace Finance::MICR::LineParser. Thing is, Finance::MICR does not exist. It should/could exist- and my LineParser.pm module does not belong as MICR. I know it.

Alright, you've persuaded me that your module is misnamed. What should it be named?

Another example, I have a module to manage metadata for files specifically for a website. It seemed like the right thing to do to name it as CGI::Metadata::Filed (i didn't think it belonged in Metadata, i thought this was more of a cgi thing then what is currently *in* the Metadata namespace). The reasoning is that there could/would/should be a CGI::Metadata::SomethingElsed.

Okay, but what's the CGI connection? Just because it has to do with a website doesn't necessarily mean it should be in the CGI namespace.

When I have modules that sort of dangle like this.. Is this ok? Am I pissing anybody off?

If you post these questions on the module-authors list before you upload your modules to CPAN, and respond intelligently to the feedback you get there, you effectively CYA.

Jim Keenan

In reply to Re: How to name modules without a parent namespace? by jkeenan1
in thread How to name modules without a parent namespace? by leocharre

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