Re: [MEDIACTRL] gen-art review of draft-ietf-mediactrl-architecture-04.txt

Scott Brim <swb@employees.org> Wed, 21 January 2009 15:43 UTC

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From: Scott Brim <swb@employees.org>
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Subject: Re: [MEDIACTRL] gen-art review of draft-ietf-mediactrl-architecture-04.txt
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Errors-To: mediactrl-bounces@ietf.org Excerpts from Tim Melanchuk on Wed, Jan 21, 2009 07:37:28AM -0800:

> hi scott,
> my feeling is that sourcing and sinking media streams is implicit in
> all of the overt functions covered by the definition and that the act
> of "only" sourcing or sinking media, divorced from the functions
> listed in the definition, is not really a primary MS function.
> 
> also, the text and diagram in section 3 "architecture overview" clearly
> note that the MS is sourcing and sinking media streams to/from
> SIP UAs so i don't think there is any chance of confusion.
> 
> cheers,
> timm

OK.  

Scott

> 
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Scott Brim <swb@employees.org> wrote:
> 
> > I have been selected as the General Area Review Team (Gen-ART)
> > reviewer for this draft (for background on Gen-ART, please see
> > http://www.alvestrand.no/ietf/gen/art/gen-art-FAQ.html).  Please
> > resolve these comments along with any other Last Call comments you may
> > receive.
> >
> > Document: draft-ietf-mediactrl-architecture-04.txt
> > Reviewer: Scott  Brim
> > Review Date: 2009-01-19
> > IETF LC End Date: 2009-01-26
> > IESG Telechat date: (not known)
> >
> > Summary: This document is ready for publication as an Informational
> > RFC with one nit.
> >
> > Details:
> >
> > It's good.  I have a minor issue.  I note that in the definition of
> > media server ...
> >
> >   Media Server (MS): The media server includes the mixer as defined
> >   in [RFC4353].  The media server plays announcements, it processes
> >   media streams for functions like Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF)
> >   detection and transcoding.  The media server may also record media
> >   streams for supporting IVR functions like announcing conference
> >   participants. ...
> >
> > ... you don't include what seems to me to be its most essential
> > function, to deliver media streams to SIP user agents (via RTP/SRTP).
> > I just want to be sure that you didn't leave out fundamental functions
> > because you were figuring out the more complex ones.
> >
> > swb
> >
> >
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