Thomas, On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Thomas Narten <[email protected]> wrote:
> Abdussalam Baryun <[email protected]> writes: > ... > > You misunderstood because you did not read the documents, all > > explained there. > > Well, if you have to go read documents to understand the charter, that > is not ideal. Other charters that depend on documents then tend to at > least cite what those documents are. Exactly which of the dozen+ > documents with -irs- in the title contain the relevant text? And are > they consistent with each other? (Rather doubtful.) [Alia] We did try for consistency & start from the same general idea and the problem-statement & framework drafts - but the work is just starting... ... > > I2RS facilitates real-time or event driven interaction with the > > routing system through a collection of control or management > > interfaces. These allow information, policies, and operational > > parameters to be injected into and retrieved (as read or by > > notification) from the routing system while retaining data > > consistency and coherency across the routers and routing > > infrastructure, and among multiple interactions with the routing > > system. > > The part about "retaining data consistency and coherency" is pretty > vague and open ended to me. Just what is this supposed to mean? > [Alia] I read it as "don't break routing" while allowing multiple inputs from different applications. > What might help is to had a couple of "for example" type statements, > so folk reading the charter have an idea of what sorts of things > people have in mind. And note an example is only an > example. Mentioning an example doesn't restrict the charter to just > that example, but examples can help give people a more concrete idea > of what is envisioned. As it is now, the reader pretty much has to > guess. [Alia] The list of use-cases mentioned in the charter is intended to give some more concrete ideas as well as guide/constrain the WG. Alia
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