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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