Re: [Iotops] Use of abbreviations

[Henk Birkholz <[e-mail]>]

Hello William,

thank you for chiming in and speaking out. Sometimes conversations 
migrate to a place - hitting the road running - and that can make it 
more difficult to join such conversations.

TA typically refers to a Trust Anchor in this context. That word is 
given a well-scoped meaning in RFC4949.


Viele Grüße,

Henk

On 02.11.20 09:03, William_J_G Overington wrote:
> Could it be the custom and practice of this mailing list that upon first 
> use of an abbreviation in a post that the meaning is stated in full please?
> 
> Recently I had to look up OTP, I think I found the correct meaning but I 
> am not congruently sure.
> 
> I am still trying to find out what TA means.
> 
> When, in another venue, I included mention of a
> 
> PDF (Portable Document Format) document
> 
> I was informed that readers would know what PDF meant.
> 
> So it is a balance. My training was to always explain an acronym the 
> first time one uses it, because some readers might not know the meaning 
> of the acronym.
> 
> So, I am retired, at home, just trying to take an interest and 
> participate, I am not "at" an organization and I am "not representing an 
> organization", but hopefully that is fine with the people who are "at" 
> or are "representing an organization".
> 
> William Overington
> 
> Monday 2 November 2020
> 
> 
> 
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