Re: [alto] A unified approach to value schemas and ALTO maps

["Vijay K. Gurbani" <[e-mail]>]

[As an individual, of course]

On 07/27/2016 09:10 AM, Wendy Roome wrote:
> Vijay,
>
> It would not obsolete rfc7285, but it would deprecate much of it. An
> ALTO server would continue to provide network maps, cost maps, ECS,
> EPS, etc, as in 7285.

Deprecating rfc7285 is not a viable option at this point, at least in my
opinion.  I think this will add a level of uncertainty to pending work
that may be detrimental and slow down the progress that we witnessed at
the Berlin IETF.

I am not being obtuse, of course, just pragmatic.

> But new work & extensions would use the new presentation scheme.
>
> The new format resources can co-exist in the IRD with the rfc7285
> resources. Ideally, an ALTO server would provide cost map resources
> in both old & new formats, via different resource entries in the
> IRD.

Ultimately whether to go this route is something that the WG will have
to decide collectively, but my personal opinion is that "here there be
dragons" :-)

Cheers,

- vijay
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