Hi all,
The poll below is now closed. We received 21 responses. Of those, one is clearly a poor prank and another was amended. Both of these responses are ignored, leaving 19 valid responses. The statements or definitions received the following responses in agreement: A1) 17 => 89% A2) 15 => 79% A3) 17 => 89% A4) 18 => 95% B) 14 => 73% C) 14 => 73% D) 13 => 68% E) 17 => 89% Based on this, I find that we have rough consensus in favor of all of these definitions, and we will incorporate these into the recommendation document. Once again, I hope to make another editorial pass through the document (as soon as my day job permits ;-), so comments, additional terminology or consensus agreements are still very much welcome. Regards, Tony On Jun 10, 2010, at 2:18 PM, RJ Atkinson wrote: > Hi, > > Here is a terminology straw poll for the Routing RG. > As usual, I'm running this using Doodle. The poll > lasts 1 week from the date/time of this email note. > > Here is the poll URL: > <http://www.doodle.com/dqfyfaigxuggs922> > > > My thanks to Noel Chiappa, Dino Farinacci, & Joel Halpern > (in alphabetical order) for providing corrections > to earlier draft versions of these definitions. > > > > A few quick notes: > ------------------- > - As before, I can't edit the statements during the poll, > because it obfuscates the meaning of votes that occurred > before the edit occurred. > - The "A" terms are pretty widely used today. > - The B through E terms are not uncommon today, > but are a bit newer than ancient terms like > "bridge" or "router". > > > > A1) A "node" is either a host or a router. > > A2) A "router" is any device that forwards packets at the > Network Layer (e.g. IPv4, IPv6) of the Internet Architecture. > > A3) A "host" is a device that can send/receive packets > to/from the network, but does not forward packets. > > A4) A "bridge" is a device that forwards packets at the > Link Layer (e.g. Ethernet) of the Internet Architecture. > An Ethernet switch or Ethernet hub are examples of bridges. > > > B) An "Address" is an object that combines aspects of identity > with topological location. IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are > current examples. > > > C) A "Locator" is a structured topology-dependent name that > is not used for node identification, and is not a path. > 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. > > > D) An "Identifier" is a topology-independent name for a logical > node. Depending upon instantiation, a "logical node" might be > a single physical device, a cluster of devices acting as a > single node, or a single virtual partition of a single physical > device. An OSI End System Identifier (ESID) is an example of > an identifier. A Fully-Qualified Domain Name that precisely > names one logical node is another example. (Note well that not > all FQDNs meet this definition.) > > > E) Various other names (i.e. other than addresses, locators, > or identifiers), each of which has the sole purpose of > identifying a component of a logical system or physical device, > might exist at various protocol layers in the Internet Architecture. > > > EOF > > > > _______________________________________________ > rrg mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg _______________________________________________ rrg mailing list [email protected] http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg
