# Good term for "super-project"

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**Created:** [October 22, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-term-for-super-project/177741 "2009-10-22T21:06:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-term-for-super-project/177741/1 "2009-10-22T21:06:15Z")

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Rather a minor thing, but it’s been on my TODO list for too long.

I’m looking for a good single word term to mean “super-project”. That  
is, the grouping of a collection of sub-projects.

RubyForge uses the term “project” to mean the super-project and  
“package” to mean the sub-project. I’ve been using that terminology  
for awhile, but I have never been fully happy with it b/c commonly  
people are referring to the sub-project when they say “project”.

With GitHub coming on the scene, we have different terms, basically  
“account” is the super-project and “repository” refers to the sub-  
project.

I want to use the term “project” for the sub-project term. I think  
that makes the most sense. But I’ve been stuck trying to figure out  
the best term for the super-project. I’ve tried “namespace” in  
addition to “account”, but neither feels right.

Does anyone have a suggestion(s)?

Thanks.

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**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-term-for-super-project/177741/2 "2009-10-22T21:17:33Z")

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Thomas S. wrote:

> I want to use the term “project” for the sub-project term. I think  
> that makes the most sense. But I’ve been stuck trying to figure out  
> the best term for the super-project. I’ve tried “namespace” in  
> addition to “account”, but neither feels right.
> 
> Does anyone have a suggestion(s)?
> 
> Thanks.

Collection?

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**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-term-for-super-project/177741/3 "2009-10-22T22:56:54Z")

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Joe M. wrote:

> Collection?  
> Hm, collective noun for “project”? Can’t find anything[1,2], but maybe  
> we can adapt:

Anthology  
Flotilla  
Constellation  
Pride (as in lions)

I rather like Anthology. Makes me feel all literary.

[1] [ucgc.org](http://www.ucgc.org/terms-for-collections.htm)  
[2] [Appendix:English collective nouns - Wiktionary](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Collective_nouns)

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-term-for-super-project/177741/4 "2009-11-14T07:02:19Z")

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On Oct 22, 3:56 pm, Joel VanderWerf [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I rather like Anthology. Makes me feel all literary.
> 
> [1][ucgc.org](http://www.ucgc.org/terms-for-collections.htm)  
> [2][Appendix:English collective nouns - Wiktionary](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Collective_nouns)

You know, I almost went for it. I like how “Anthology” makes me feel  
too 😉

In the end however, Mr. Martin’s suggestion of “collection”, though a  
little too generic in itself, led me to “suite”, which isn’t perfect  
either, as it tends to convey a stronger connection between the  
projects than there actually might be, but I think it’s close enough.