Wendy, On Monday, April 6, 2015, Wendy Roome <[email protected]> wrote:
> Questions for those interested in an ALTO interop test …. > > 1. RFC 7285 allows a server to present multiple Network Maps, but does not > require a server to support them. But it would simplify the tests if we > could assume all servers can be configured to present an IRD with more than > one Network Map. Otherwise we will need different test setups, and two > different classes of servers. > > So would anyone object to requiring servers to present multiple Network > Maps? > I have no problem with this requirement. > > 2. Clients should be able to cope with an IRD with multiple Network Maps, > but the RFC does not require them to be able to use anything other than the > default network.One way to handle that is to define two sets of client > tests: one which uses the default network map (and requires the client to > use the cost maps for the default map, rather than a cost map for a > different network), and an optional set that uses a secondary network map. > This setting is also fine with me. > 3. The RFC allows IRD chaining — a root IRD can reference secondary IRDs > with additional resources. Should we require servers to support that > feature? > Do you mean that the server root IRD must include at least an IRD resource? I feel that this should be optional. If really required, I assume that the server can post a second level IRD that points to a subset at the same server, unless we want to test a case of using IRD chaining to use different ALTO servers. Richard > - Wendy Roome > > -- Richard
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