[nmrg] Updating draft-irtf-nmrg-autonomic-network-definitions-00

["Michael Behringer (mbehring)" <[e-mail]>]

NMRG, Anima, 

Having gone through feedback, and re-reading the document myself, here is a list of changes I'm proposing to make to 
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-irtf-nmrg-autonomic-network-definitions-00:

High level, I think the "meat" of the document, sections 3, 4 and 6 are pretty complete and correct. If anyone thinks we're missing an important design goal or a non-design goal, please speak up! 

Some details: 

1. Section 3.1. always refers to "nodes". We should rephrase this to "functions". The primary goal here is not to produce a fully autonomic node or network, but autonomic functions. For the foreseeable future fully autonomic nodes/networks will remain the exception. 
Therefore: s/node/function/ in this section. 
Actually, also later on in the doc the doc references sometimes "nodes" or "the network". I suggest to change that to "function". 

2. Common infrastructure. 
In my mail http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/nmrg/current/msg01512.html I suggested to add to the design goals: 

<section title="Common Autonomic Networking Infrastructure">
	<t><xref target="I-D.irtf-nmrg-an-gap-analysis"/> points out that there are already a number of fully or partially autonomic functions available today. However, they are largely independent, and each has its own methods and protocols to communicate, discover, define and distribute policy, etc. </t>
	<t>The goal of the work on autonomic networking in the IETF is therefore not just to create autonomic functions, but to define a common infrastructure that autonomic functions can use. This autonomic networking infrastructure may contain common control and management functions such as messaging, service discovery, negotiation, intent distribution, etc. A common approach to define and manage intent is also required. </t>
	<t>Refer to the reference model below: All the components around the "autonomic service agents" should be common components, such that the autonomic service agents do not have to replicate common tasks individually. </t>
      </section>

Unless I missed it, I haven't seen any negative comments on that section, so I'll add it to the new version. 

3. Use case section. 
In the same email (link above) I proposed some text for the use case section. But frankly, I think this is overtaken by the discussion we had on the list, and out of date. 
We also want to drive this document to publication soon, so procedural issues such as how to report use cases should really not be there any more. 
I suggest we just remove this section completely, since IMO it is not required for the document to be useful and complete. Thoughts? 

Am I missing any feedback, or points we discussed? If so, please let me know! 

I'm finalising version -01 of the document now. I'll circulate first amongst the authors, then post the result. 

Michael