Return-Path: X-Original-To: netmod@ietfa.amsl.com Delivered-To: netmod@ietfa.amsl.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5415A130DDE for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:04:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.9 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 7vS8EExTy312 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:04:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.chopps.org (smtp.chopps.org [54.88.81.56]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DDDB130DDB for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:04:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (47-50-69-38.static.klmz.mi.charter.com [47.50.69.38]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by smtp.chopps.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BA3BB6005B; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 12:04:21 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.5 \(3445.9.1\)) From: Christian Hopps In-Reply-To: <1538612528590.11321@Aviatnet.com> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 08:04:19 -0400 Cc: Christian Hopps , joel jaeggli , NETMOD Working Group Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <1635702A-FFB5-469B-8389-7AFD772BFB04@chopps.org> References: <1538612528590.11321@Aviatnet.com> To: Alex Campbell X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.9.1) Archived-At: Subject: Re: [netmod] WG LC draft-ietf-netmod-module-tags-02 - 10/2/18 - 10/16/18 X-BeenThere: netmod@ietf.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: NETMOD WG list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 12:04:24 -0000 >=20 > On Oct 3, 2018, at 8:22 PM, Alex Campbell = wrote: >=20 > The introduction does not explain what they are useful for The second sentence of the abstract: "The expectation is for such tags = to be used to help classify and organize modules." The introduction = repeats this in the first sentence. I'm not sure how much differently we = could say "Tags are useful for organizing and classifying modules". Are = you asking for justification on the usefulness of organizing and = classifying things? I think this concept is rather widely accepted. > , it just makes a comparison to #hashtags (which is something I would = expect to see in an April 1st RFC). Using tags to help organize collections of data is literally ubiquitous: = Movies/music/media, IP routes, and yes even social media are just a few = examples. Regarding April 1st, are you are unfairly restricting your = perspective to only the ironic use of hashtags? Hashtags organically = developed as a useful and widely used way for people and groups to add = meta-data to their messages which then allowed other services to collect = and present them in useful ways. Indeed businesses and other groups use = hashtags for this purpose to great success. It was hardly a joke, and = for many folks it is immediately useful to understand what is being = proposed. Thanks, Chris.=