Naming conventions and short names

This section contains the product names and their short names used in the information center.

IBM® software products are named from the customer's point of view. The names focus on software features, functions or benefits. Because technology can be complex, we employ a software naming architecture to organize the information in a consistent manner. The full, formal name includes all components: master brand, family name, descriptors and identifiers. In the Information the short names (the core of a product name includes the family name and descriptors) of the products will normally be used.

This is the naming structure for IBM software products referenced to in the information center:

Master Brand	Product Family Name	Descriptors	Identifiers
(prefix)	(part of core name) (the software brand)	(Part of core name) (May be used as short name in information center)	(suffix) (Used to identify what the software is designed for (for example, operating system or specific functions)
IBM		Mobile Portal Accelerator	Device Update
IBM	DB2®	Universal Database	Enterprise Server Edition or Workgroup Server Edition
IBM	WebSphere®	Application Server	Base or Network Deployment
IBM	WebSphere	Business Integration Server Foundation
IBM	WebSphere	Portal
IBM	Rational®	Application Developer
IBM	Rational	Software Architect
IBM	Tivoli®	License Manager