Excerpts from Brian E Carpenter on Tue, Dec 15, 2009 08:43:45AM +1300: > > Mapping systems are obviously a component of a solution but are > > not by themselves a solution. To be considered seriously, they > > should be used in conjunction with some network layer solution. > > Hmm. Don't you think that to some extent these should be orthogonal? > A mapping mechanism needs to meet the specific requirements of a > network layer mechanism, but that doesn't require the two to be > irrevocably bound to each other.
Yes. With a clear interface defined. > I have a feeling that the mapping system should be very general in > nature, in case the first cut at either the locator or identifier > space proves to fall short. Or one could use multiple interoperating mapping systems, so that sites could use whichever suited their needs. (The key is interoperating). _______________________________________________ rrg mailing list [email protected] http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg
