# Renaming SMTK Bridge to Session
**URL:** https://discourse.kitware.com/t/renaming-smtk-bridge-to-session/152
**Category:** Software Process
**Created:** [September 5, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.kitware.com/t/renaming-smtk-bridge-to-session/152 "2018-09-05T16:08:05Z")
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### Author:  [@Bob\_Obara](https://discourse.kitware.com/u/Bob_Obara)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.kitware.com/t/renaming-smtk-bridge-to-session/152/1 "2018-09-05T16:08:06Z")
The old term bridge needs to be replaced to reflect the newer session concept. To do this it looks like we need to do the following:
- Rename bridge directory to session and fix all include paths
- Change the smtk::bridge namespace to smtk::session
So instead of smtlk::bridge::discrete::Session smtk::session::discrete::Session.
Any comments?
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### Author:  [@tj.corona](https://discourse.kitware.com/u/tj.corona)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.kitware.com/t/renaming-smtk-bridge-to-session/152/2 "2018-09-05T16:23:11Z")
+1. We could also consider moving smtk::model::Session into the new session namespace (so it would be smtk::session::Session).
Also, @dcthomp laid out a directory restructure in an earlier Discourse thread. It proposed breaking sessions out of smtk core’s directory altogether. Perhaps we should consider affecting both changes at once?
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### Author:  [@dcthomp](https://discourse.kitware.com/u/dcthomp)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.kitware.com/t/renaming-smtk-bridge-to-session/152/3 "2018-09-05T16:45:29Z")
+1 to rename bridge to session.
The directory restructure was [the e-mail thread named “Pie in the sky”](https://public.kitware.com/pipermail/smtk-developers/2018-March/thread.html#739), not a discourse topic.