idea Calling ArcGIS Online a portal is confusing in ArcGIS Online Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/calling-arcgis-online-a-portal-is-confusing/idi-p/954071 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Calling ArcGIS Online a 'portal' is confusing, because 'Portal' (capital P) is a product in its own right.&nbsp; Under current Esri nomenclature ArcGIS Online is a 'portal' (lower case p) but is not Portal (upper case P).&nbsp; Clear as mud?</P><P>Instead, why not call ArcGIS Online a 'gateway', 'door', 'gate' or something else?&nbsp; Call it anything except a 'portal'.&nbsp; Then we can say for example:</P><P>ArcGIS Online is a gateway.</P><P>Portal is a gateway.</P><P>That is so much simpler and causes way less confusion.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 03 Jun 2016 21:54:39 GMT MarkNorbury 2016-06-03T21:54:39Z Calling ArcGIS Online a portal is confusing https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/calling-arcgis-online-a-portal-is-confusing/idi-p/954071 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Calling ArcGIS Online a 'portal' is confusing, because 'Portal' (capital P) is a product in its own right.&nbsp; Under current Esri nomenclature ArcGIS Online is a 'portal' (lower case p) but is not Portal (upper case P).&nbsp; Clear as mud?</P><P>Instead, why not call ArcGIS Online a 'gateway', 'door', 'gate' or something else?&nbsp; Call it anything except a 'portal'.&nbsp; Then we can say for example:</P><P>ArcGIS Online is a gateway.</P><P>Portal is a gateway.</P><P>That is so much simpler and causes way less confusion.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 03 Jun 2016 21:54:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/calling-arcgis-online-a-portal-is-confusing/idi-p/954071 MarkNorbury 2016-06-03T21:54:39Z