[mif] Generalising PVD IDs

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Thu, 07 November 2013 21:58 UTC

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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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I suggested that PVD IDs are a subset of a more general need,
which is IDs for a reachable address scope.

The notion of address scope that I have in mind was discussed
in a couple of expired drafts:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-carpenter-grobj-reqts-00#section-2

A much older draft actually proposed a specific format for
a ScopeID, namely an imaginary IPv6 address under a ULA
prefix. I don't stand by that, but you can find it in
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-carpenter-behave-referral-object-00#section-4.10.

Regards
   Brian