Hi Greg,
thanks a lot for the explanation, find my comments under FK>>

On 13.12.23 21:14, Greg Mirsky wrote:
> Hi Florian,
> thank you for your questions. I added my notes below under the GIM>> tag.
> 
> Regards,
> Greg
> 
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 3:06 AM Florian Kauer <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
>     so does in-band OAM (RAW architecture) actually mean exactly the same as 
> In-situ OAM (RFC 9197)?
>     If yes, both should be named and abbreviated exactly the same way and 
> since RFC 9197 is already published, it should probably be In-situ OAM 
> (IOAM). (But the question then is what is out-of-band OAM? Out-situ OAM? ;-) )
> 
> GIM>> The intention of introducing "in-band OAM" and "out-of-band OAM" terms 
> is to stress that some performance measurements can be performed without 
> traversing the same set of links and nodes as the monitored flow. For 
> example, direct loss measurement, which is collecting counters of in-profile 
> frames/packets, can be out-of-band. These measurement methods are classified 
> as passive per RFC 7799. Examples of in-band OAM, in our view, can be found 
> among active and hybrid (per RFC 7799) measurement methods.

Fk>> I am a little confused: After reading this explanation I thought 
"out-of-band OAM == passive OAM" and "in-band OAM == active and hybrid OAM". 
But draft-ietf-raw-architecture-16 explicitly writes "Out-of-band OAM is an 
active OAM". What do I get wrong here?

> 
>     If no, PLEASE don't use the same abbreviation for slightly different 
> things, even in slightly different contexts. I acknowledge the preference of 
> those working on a very specific topic to keep their daily used terminology 
> as concise as possible, but as someone who tries to get into all those topics 
> to understand the bigger picture or to actually implement something, specific 
> abbreviations are always a hurdle, especially when they have different 
> meanings in slightly different contexts.
> 
>     So I really like inb-OAM and oob-OAM, because you can really "see" the 
> origin in it without repeatedly asking yourself if "i" stands for in-situ, 
> in-band, internet, industrial, intelligent...
> 
> GIM>> Thank you. 
> 
> 
>     If you need a whole new section in an RFC just to explain the different 
> uses of I in an abbreviation, you will likely spend more key strokes on that 
> section, than on the additional "nb-"s ;-)
> 
>     Just my two cents.
> 
>     Greetings,
>     Florian
> 
> 
>     On 13.12.23 11:54, Frank Brockners (fbrockne) wrote:
>     >  
>     >
>     > When IPPM started working on IOAM, there was a long discussion on 
> naming – and the conclusion was that “in-band” as not appropriate for OAM 
> information being piggybacked on top of user traffic. This is why the IPPM WG 
> concluded to use “In-situ OAM” – or “IOAM” for short, which is what is used 
> in RFC9197 and all related documents.
>     >
>     > Frank
>     >
>     >  
>     >
>     > *From:*ippm <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> *On 
> Behalf Of *Greg Mirsky
>     > *Sent:* Wednesday, 13 December 2023 04:13
>     > *To:* DetNet WG <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; mpls 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; 6man WG <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>>; IETF IPPM WG <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; 
> opsawg <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; Pascal Thubert 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; Loa Andersson 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>     > *Subject:* [ippm] IOAM, iOAM, and oOAM abbreviations
>     >
>     >  
>     >
>     > Dear All,
>     >
>     > Loa and I have discussed these abbreviations to help us find a solution 
> that avoids the confusion we found when we came across them. Firstly, what 
> they stand for:
>     >
>     >   * IOAM - In-situ OAM (RFC 9197 
> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9197/ 
> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9197/>>)
>     >   * iOAM - in-band OAM (RAW architecture 
> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-raw-architecture-13 
> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-raw-architecture-13>>)
>     >   * oOAM - out-of-band OAM (RAW architecture 
> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-raw-architecture-13 
> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-raw-architecture-13>>)
>     >
>     > We discussed the issue with Pascal and came to slightly different 
> abbreviations for the last two:
>     >
>     >   * inb-OAM
>     >   * oob-OAM
>     >
>     > We also discord these abbreviations with the RFC Editor. Resulting from 
> that, RFC Editor agreed to add IOAM to the RFC Editor Abbreviation List 
> <https://www.rfc-editor.org/materials/abbrev.expansion.txt 
> <https://www.rfc-editor.org/materials/abbrev.expansion.txt>>. The other two 
> abbreviations cannot be added at this time. If that is needed, we can ask the 
> RFC Editor to add them once the respective RFC is published.
>     >
>     > We are seeking your feedback on the following:
>     >
>     >   * Do you see the benefit of introducing two new abbreviations for 
> in-band OAM and out-of-band OAM?
>     >   * Which set of abbreviations (iOAM/oOAM vs. inb-OAM/oob-OAM) do you 
> prefer for being used in IETF? 
>     >   * Or would you propose another set of abbreviations?
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     >
>     > Loa and Greg
>     >
>     >  
>     >
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