Re: [6lowapp] the role of gateway nodes

On Nov 27, 2009, at 18:00 , JP Vasseur wrote:
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> Just a side note we may want to use the same terminology accross all WGs: 6LoWPAN refers to something specific, in ROLL we use LLN (Low power and Lossy Networks), I saw CEnet, ... how about using one terminology ?
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This is good advice JP. In my opinion the CoRE WG should actually avoid making terminology at all if possible, as in new acronyms for networks, nodes etc. Carsten is right that constrained environments might be made up of LoWPANs, LLNs (which are not always LoWPANs)  but also will be run over other IP networks.

We can probably get away with CoRE and CoAP being the only acronyms used here. CoRE describes the WG and the general set of requirements, but is not any particular network. CoAP makes sense as the name for a protocol.

The simplification of the charter suggested in the Hiroshima BOF hints that we probably don't need to talk about CoGIIs at all, just that there is an HTTP mapping. And I don't see a need for CE, CoNet and CoNode all that. We can just talk about CoRE or write it out as constrained environments? 

Zach  

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