def METHOD_NAME(id_name, id_prefix_to_skip):
    """simplified an id to be more friendly for us people"""
    # id_name is in the form 'https://namespace.host.suffix/name'
    # where name may contain a forward slash!
    pos = id_name.find('//')
    if pos != -1:
        pos += 2
        if id_prefix_to_skip:
            pos = id_name.find(id_prefix_to_skip, pos)
            if pos != -1:
                pos += len(id_prefix_to_skip)
        pos = id_name.find('/', pos)
        if pos != -1:
            return id_name[pos + 1:]
    return id_name