Is Xaira pronouced as /"zaira/?
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Why the silly name?
Well, SARA was so-called because it was an SGML Aware Retrieval Application.
Since this is an XML aware ditto, we originally intended to call it Xara
(pronounced "Zara") - indeed it was the name for some time. Then someone unkindly drew our attention to the existence of another piece of software with the same name.
http://www.xara.com/
For a while, we toyed with the idea of calling it X/SARA, or maybe S/XARA, in indirect homage to Roland Barthes' seminal work S/Z. Then common sense prevailed, and we decided to call it Xaira, for XML Aware Indexing and Retrieval Architecture, because that's what it is.
It's pronounced as if it was written "Sarah", but if you want to voice the sibilant a bit more than usual, that's your choice.
Well, SARA was so-called because it was an SGML Aware Retrieval Application.
Since this is an XML aware ditto, we originally intended to call it Xara
(pronounced "Zara") - indeed it was the name for some time. Then someone unkindly drew our attention to the existence of another piece of software with the same name.
http://www.xara.com/
For a while, we toyed with the idea of calling it X/SARA, or maybe S/XARA, in indirect homage to Roland Barthes' seminal work S/Z. Then common sense prevailed, and we decided to call it Xaira, for XML Aware Indexing and Retrieval Architecture, because that's what it is.
It's pronounced as if it was written "Sarah", but if you want to voice the sibilant a bit more than usual, that's your choice.
Haiyang Ai
Administrator
回复: Is Xaira pronouced as /"zaira/?
Xara and Xaira sometimes can be confusing, though they're the same thing.
Xara is easier to remember while Xaira looks just cooler.
Xara and Xaira sometimes can be confusing, though they're the same thing.
Xara is easier to remember while Xaira looks just cooler.
Haiyang Ai
Administrator
回复: Is Xaira pronouced as /"zaira/?
Indeed this package was first named Xara (XML-Aware Retrieval Application) following SARA (SGML-Aware Retrieval Application) bundled with the BNC. This name was actually used for a while before it was found out that Xara had been used for another piece of software (http://www.xara.com/). Therefore, this Oxford software was renamed as Xaira (XML-Aware Indexing and Retrieval Architecture), as it really is.
Indeed this package was first named Xara (XML-Aware Retrieval Application) following SARA (SGML-Aware Retrieval Application) bundled with the BNC. This name was actually used for a while before it was found out that Xara had been used for another piece of software (http://www.xara.com/). Therefore, this Oxford software was renamed as Xaira (XML-Aware Indexing and Retrieval Architecture), as it really is.
回复: Is Xaira pronouced as /"zaira/?
Here we pronounce it like “Zirah"
Here we pronounce it like “Zirah"