Re: [mpls] mpls-open-dt: ancillary data commens

[Loa Andersson <[e-mail]>]

Toerless, DT,

I accidently omitted two words, uppdated below. 

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> On 13 Aug 2021, at 12:20, Loa Andersson <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> Toerless,
> 
> I got your point, after thinking a bit, and not really convinced about the overload of "type". But I agree that "implicit", in-stack", and "after BoS"
does not
>  designates good "types", so I agree to change along thge lines you suggested, though I don't think changing the header only is enough.

/Loa
> 
> First:
> 
> What about:
> 
> OLD
> Types of ancillary data
> 
>   We have (tentatively) three different types of ancillary data
> 
>   - implicit, the indicator is sufficient, and a node knows what to do
>     just because the indicator is there
>   - "in-stack-data", the ancillary data is in the stack accompanying
>     the indicator
>   - "after the BoS", the ancillary data is found after the label stack
> 
>   Note: There might be a fourth possibility - the ancillary data is
>   carried as part of the packet pay-load, but for the time being I'd
>   like to excluded that method.
> NEW
> Positioning of ancillary data
> 
>   We have (tentatively) three different to include (position) ancillary
>   data in an MPLS packet.
> 
>   - implicit, the indicator is sufficient, and a node knows what to do
>     just because the indicator is there
>   - "in-stack-data", the ancillary data is in the stack accompanying
>     the indicator
>   - "after the BoS", the ancillary data is found after the label stack
> 
>   Note: There might be a fourth possibility - the ancillary data is
>   carried as part of the packet pay-load, but for the time being I'd
>   like to excluded that method.
> END
> 
> Does this work?
> 
> Second:
> 
> You had a comment about regardless how the ancillary data are positioned, it can be used to inform that there are data conveyed to the node by the control plane or that has been configured. I think that was intended to replace the "Note:" above.
> 
> Can you try to write a text.
> 
> /Loa
> 
>> On 12/08/2021 18:04, Toerless Eckert wrote:
>> a) Suggest to replace:
>>    Types of ancillary data
>>    with
>>    Positioning of ancillary data
>>    Types is an overloaded term and make me for example foremost think it means semantics.
>>    Positioning should hopefully be more precisely describin what this point describes.
> 
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