"tfennelly" wrote : Well is the only issue with the length of the "formal" name one of displaying it (and hence the need for a "nickname")? | Possibly. I think it was Burr or TomC who mentioned it. anonymous wrote : | If so, then is it not just a display issue? For displaying on a UI, perhaps the name could be abbreviated to just the action name and use some funky AJAX thingy (or whatever) to popup the "formal" name on mouseover (or whatever). For printing, I don't think you could use a nickname because that would require manual translation back to the formal name. Yes, I agree. We have to consider all possible ways in which this will be viewed, including hardcopy. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4062902#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...