On Oct 20, 2011, at 13:25, Marc Blanchet wrote:

> Le 2011-10-20 à 11:24, Matt Miller a écrit :
> 
>> Personally, I think the bar for inclusion of classes ought to be higher than 
>> one protocol,
> 
> maybe. but at least one... at the same time, if the bar is too high, we will 
> end up with not a framework useful, but a too small set that would have a lot 
> of profiles that changes the basic set. So there is a balance.
> 

I totally agree there's a balance that needs to be struck, and a criterion is 
"necessary for at least one protocol".

My main point is that I think we should get consensus on what we have in front 
of us first, then look at subclasses.


- m&m

Matt Miller - <[email protected]>
Collaboration Software Group - Cisco Systems, Inc.

> Marc.
> 
>> but I don't have a more definitive bar to set.  The DomainNameClass most 
>> likely exceeds my nebulous bar, but I think we should get through the basics 
>> first.
>> 
>> 
>> On Oct 20, 2011, at 04:49, Marc Blanchet wrote:
>> 
>>> maybe useful, but I think we should do the "least" amount of classes, 
>>> criteria being that at least one protocol is using it. This would be for 
>>> the framework document. Obviously, a protocol can define a sub-class or 
>>> else. So if we see right now a protocol that would be using a new class, I 
>>> think it is a good idea to put it in the framework, otherwise leave it.
>>> 
>>> Marc.
>>> 
>>> Le 2011-10-19 à 19:03, Dave Thaler a écrit :
>>> 
>>>> Currently NameClass is pretty generic.  I'm wondering whether it would 
>>>> make sense to define any
>>>> more complex concepts/subclasses.
>>>> 
>>>> For example DomainNameClass might be a subclass with a specific set of 
>>>> default
>>>> values of Valid, Disallowed, Case Mapping, etc.
>>>> 
>>>> We might also define the concept of a ComplexClass, which would mean that 
>>>> the string has
>>>> some internal structure (e.g., delimiter) where each portion might 
>>>> naturally map to another
>>>> class (SecretClass, NameClass, or whatever).   For example an email 
>>>> address is a ComplexClass,
>>>> which is itself composed of two pieces with different classes (left side 
>>>> and right side of @).
>>>> 
>>>> Useful or not useful?
>>>> 
>>>> -Dave
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>> 
>> Matt Miller - <[email protected]>
>> Collaboration Software Group - Cisco Systems, Inc.
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