On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 15:18, RJ Atkinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Here is a terminology straw poll for the Routing RG. <snip>
Although I have been lurking here for some time, I am a newcomer to this group and to IETF participation in general so please forgive my naivety but this search for solid terminology reminds me of something I am told that Jon Postel once said: "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." I have always found that statement to be a great summary of how the Internet works in the simplest terms possible. It appears that the attempt here is to restate it as: "An Identifier indicates what we seek. A Locater indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Am I way off base here? > B) An "Address" is an object that combines aspects of identity > with topological location. IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are > current examples. I am not convinced that an Address by design or definition combines identity and topology. Yes IP addresses have come to be used for both but that is not necessarily required by their (original/default) nature. Because the line has become blurred, I do see the potential value in using new terminology or alternatively, by clarifying the line. > C) A "Locator" is a structured topology-dependent name that > is not used for node identification, and is not a path. FWIW, if the definition stopped here, I would have agreed with it. > Two related meanings are current, depending on the class > of things being named: > 1) The topology-dependent name of a node's interface. > 2) The topology-dependent name of a single subnetwork > OR topology-dependent name of a group of related > subnetworks that share a single aggregate. An > IP routing prefix is a current example of this last. <snip> $.02 ~Chris > _______________________________________________ > rrg mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg > -- @ChrisGrundemann weblog.chrisgrundemann.com www.burningwiththebush.com www.coisoc.org _______________________________________________ rrg mailing list [email protected] http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg
