After a Starlight upgrade
Web Monetization style guide
Nouns
Common nouns
- account servicing entity*
- monetization
<link>
element - provider
- receiver
- payment pointer
- wallet address
Proper nouns
- Interledger
- Interledger Protocol (can be abbreviated to ILP after first use on a page)
- Open Payments (always spell out, do not abbreviate as OP)
- Rafiki
- Web Monetization (always spell out, do not abbreviate as WM)
Account servicing entity*
Don’t use account servicing entity/ASE in the Web Monetization docs. Use wallet.
Payment pointer vs wallet address
Payment pointer and wallet address are not synonyms. Refer to both when appropriate.
Spellings
monetization
We are a US-based 501(c)(3). Use the US spelling of monetization, with a z rather than an s. Z is also used in the URL and the spec.
web monetize
If we follow standard US grammar rules, then web monetize and its other forms (e.g., web monetized) should probably be hyphenated.
In the past, I found that the term was used so frequently that the hyphens were visually distracting. I made a style decision to drop the hyphens. We can revisit this decision.