[bfcpbis] 4582bis terminology

[Christer Holmberg <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

I took a look at the 4582bis terminology, and I am a little confused.

We have the following definitions:


   Client: A floor participant or a floor chair that communicates with a

   floor control server using BFCP.


   Floor Control Server: A logical entity that maintains the state of

   the floor(s), including which floors exists, who the floor chairs

   are, who holds a floor, etc.  Requests to manipulate a floor are

   directed at the floor control server.  The floor control server of a

   conference may perform other logical roles (e.g., floor participant)

   in another conference.

So far, so good, I think. 4582bis does not define “client” and “server” as roles, though.

Then there is:

   Floor Chair: A logical entity that manages one floor (grants, denies,
   or revokes a floor).  An entity that assumes the logical role of a
   floor chair for a given transaction may assume a different role
   (e.g., floor participant) for a different transaction.  The roles of
   floor chair and floor participant are defined on a transaction-by-
   transaction basis.  BFCP transactions are defined in Section 8.

Still ok, I think. The chair is per transaction, so both a client and server can act as floor chair.

But, then there is:


   Floor Participant: A logical entity that requests floors, and

   possibly information about them, from a floor control server.  An

   entity that assumes the logical role of a floor participant for a

   given transaction may assume a different role (e.g., a floor chair)

   for a different transaction.

First, it says that a floor participant request floors from a floor control server. My understanding of that is that the floor participant is always the client, which means it stays the same throughout the session (due to the c-s removal in 4583bis).

Second, the text says that the role is per transaction, which would mean the client/server thing is also per transaction.

Is there a bug? Should the text say:


   Floor Participant: A logical entity that requests floors, and

   possibly information about them, from a floor chair.


Regards,

Christer