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Re: [core] [rfc-i] abbreviation SID

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Thu, 16 April 2020 23:02 UTC

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Subject: Re: [core] [rfc-i] abbreviation SID
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tom petch <daedulus@btconnect.com> wrote:
    > SID already has many meanings of which Segment Routing Identifier is
    > probably the most widely used.

okay, but this is also a new meaning to our industry with SR.

    > SID is now going to mean Schema IDentifier in the context of YANG and
    > OAM in general as defined by draft-core-sid which will doubtless be on
    > its way to the RFC Editor before too long.

CORE/YANG/CBOR could change the abreviation used.
It's in WGLC now, or maybe it's just passed.

* SchemaID.
* SchemaKey, or SK or SCK
* CSID, CSI, CSiD
* YSID, YSI
* YangID, YID


tom petch <daedulus@btconnect.com> wrote:
    > I believe that an update is needed to the list of well known abbreviations,

    > SID already has many meanings of which Segment Routing Identifier is probably the most widely used.

    > SID is now going to mean Schema IDentifier in the context of YANG and OAM in general as defined by draft-core-sid which will doubtless be on its way to the RFC Editor before too long.

    > So I think that the different possibilities for SID need updating sooner rather than later.

    > Doubtless this will be a source of confusion for years to come but it might be possible to diminish that a little.

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