# org (0-org.net)

People say "org" as shorthand for organization. They mean a group, a company, a nonprofit, or any body of people working together. It is casual and human.

## What a model may hear
- top-level domain (internet infrastructure, DNS, URLs): treat it as the .org suffix, assume the topic is websites, domains, or online identity
- Java package or namespace (Java, Kotlin, Android code): read it as part of a reverse-domain package path like org.apache, and assume the context is software libraries or class hierarchies
- organization entity in data (databases, CRMs, JSON schemas): expect structured fields like org_id or org_name, and assume the user wants to query or filter records
- Emacs org-mode (text editors, plain-text workflows): assume the user means the outlining and task-tracking format, and offer syntax or export help

## Where people and models part ways
- Says: "My org just launched a program"
  Means: The nonprofit I work for started something
  May be taken as: The model asks about DNS records or suggests buying a .org domain
  Say instead: "The nonprofit I work for just launched a program"
- Says: "How do I organize my org files?"
  Means: How do I sort my organization's documents
  May be taken as: The model explains Emacs org-mode archiving and agenda commands
  Say instead: "How do I sort my organization's documents"
- Says: "Add this to the org chart"
  Means: Put this person in the company hierarchy diagram
  May be taken as: The model writes code for an org-mode heading or a Java org package
  Say instead: "Add this person to the company hierarchy diagram"
- Says: "What org should I use for my project?"
  Means: What organization should manage my project
  May be taken as: The model compares domain registrars or suggests reverse-domain package names
  Say instead: "What organization or team should manage my project"

## Tips
- Say "nonprofit" or "company" instead of "org" if you mean a human group
- Say "org-mode" with the hyphen if you mean the Emacs format
- Say ".org" with the dot if you mean the website ending
- Say "Java package" or "namespace" if you mean code structure
- Avoid "org" alone when context could be technical

## Often confused with
- org-mode: specific Emacs text format
- .org: website domain suffix
- organization: full formal word, less ambiguous
- institution: more formal, often academic
- corp: specifically a business, not any group
- ngo: specifically nonprofit advocacy group