Lou, Given your criteria for starting with NV, we could potentially have one of the following:
NVS - Network Virtualization Service (service seems vague and perhaps an overloaded term) NVA - Network Virtualization Authority (may be vague) NVMA - Network Virtualization Mapping Authority (less vague) NVO - Network Virtualization Oracle (assuming oracle is OK when it has the NV prefix) - Larry On 4/9/13 4:51 PM, "Lou Berger" <[email protected]> wrote: >Larry, > I think the NVC and NVO terms are fairly solution neutral, i.e., I >don't see why not. > >I guess your question does lead to yet another option >NVS: Network Virtualization Service > >I personally like NVC, but given that we have NVEs, I'd be happy with >anything of the form "Network Virtualization <foo>" as long as <foo> >doesn't start with an "E". > >Lou > >On 4/9/2013 7:25 PM, Larry Kreeger (kreeger) wrote: >> Lou, >> >> Do you see the terms "Controller" or "Orchestrator" standing up to David >> Black's "BGP" litmus test? >> >> - Larry >> >> On 4/9/13 3:18 PM, "Lou Berger" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 4/8/2013 9:12 PM, Larry Kreeger (kreeger) wrote: >>>> At the NVO3 WG meeting in Orlando, I brought up some suggestions for >>>> terminology changes/additions and had an AI to bring this to the >>>>listŠso >>>> here goes. I would prefer to see constructive suggestions in >>>>responses. >>>> In other words, please suggest something better if you object to >>>>these. >>>> >>>> 1) Oracle -> Information Mapping Authority >>>> >>>> Stewart mentioned that he has copyright concerns with using the term >>>> "oracle", and others have expressed distaste as well. >>>> In draft-kreeger-nvo3-hypervisor-nve-cp-01 we replaced the term with >>>> "Information Mapping Authority" (IMA). We would like to get consensus >>>> on using this new term in all WG documents going forward. In the >>>> meeting Linda expressed a concern that IMA might get confused with >>>>IMA >>>> being confused with the acronym for Inverse Multiplexing for ATM, and >>>> suggested something like "Directory Service" to which David Black >>>> replied that she might have trouble convincing people that BGP can be >>>> categorized as a "Directory Service". >>>> >>> >>> Perhaps we're over thinking this one. We have NVE, so why not >>> NV Controller (NVC) or NV Orchestrator (NVO)? >>> >>> Lou >>> >>>> ... >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ nvo3 mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nvo3
