Re: [irs-discuss] I-D Action: draft-ward-irs-framework-00.txt

["Joel M. Halpern" <[e-mail]>]

I am finding this document quite confusing.

The primary confusion is that the document first says that it is about 
information that can not be manipulated with existing systems, and then 
proceeds to give a list of use cases all of which can be manipulated 
with existing systems at a suitable degree of abstraction.

As a lesser confusion, the document says that "streaming" is important, 
but then describes "streaming" as "fast, interactive access."  That is 
not streaming.  And depending upon what one means by interactive, plenty 
of systems provide "fest, interactive access."  I realize the document 
later goes on tot talk about speed and frequency of state updates.   But 
that section simply reasserts the earlier terms withotu better 
description or justification.

Yours,
Joel

On 7/30/2012 2:08 PM, [e-mail] wrote:
>
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
>
>
> 	Title           : Interface to the Routing System Framework
> 	Author(s)       : Alia Atlas
>                            Thomas Nadeau
>                            Dave Ward
> 	Filename        : draft-ward-irs-framework-00.txt
> 	Pages           : 21
> 	Date            : 2012-07-30
>
> Abstract:
>     This document describes a framework for a standard, programmatic
>     interface for full-duplex, streaming state transfer in and out of the
>     Internet's routing system.  It lists the information that might be
>     exchanged over the interface, and describes the uses of an interface
>     to the Internet routing system.
>