Re: [BLISS] Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-bliss-shared-appearances-11

[Alan Johnston <[e-mail]>]

We will use this language. Thanks, Dale. 

 - Alan -



On Jun 29, 2012, at 2:18 PM, "Worley, Dale R (Dale)" <[e-mail]> wrote:

> On Thu, 2012-06-28 at 20:05 -0500, Alan Johnston wrote:
>>> 
>>> 4.1 - REQ-16:
>>> 
>>>  in this case, seizing the line is the same thing as dialing.
>>> 
>>> That seems wrong - I would have thought it was a "prerequisite" as
>>> opposed to "the same thing" because seizing the line is immediately
>>> followed by a dialing request.
>> 
>> 
>> This requirement is about sending one request that causes both actions
>> to occur.  In a PSTN ringdown circuit (a very specialized circuit,
>> used for "hotlines"), the two operations are the same thing.  Besides
>> this statement, is REQ-16 itself not clear?  Perhaps I should just
>> remove this statement if it adds confusion rather than clarity to the
>> requirement.
> 
> IMHO, a good fix is:
> 
>   REQ-16 The mechanism should support a way for a UA to seize a
>   particular appearance number and also send the request at the same
>   time.  This is needed when an automatic ringdown feature (a telephone
>   configured to immediately dial a phone number when it goes off hook)
>   is combined with shared appearances - in this case, seizing the line
>   is >>>integrated with<<< dialing.
> 
> Dale
>