Re: [Pals] Alia Atlas' Yes on draft-ietf-pals-vccv-for-gal-05: (with COMMENT)

[Alia Atlas <[e-mail]>]

Hi Stewart,

On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 6:35 AM, Stewart Bryant <[e-mail]> wrote:

> On 16/09/2015 18:33, Alia Atlas wrote:
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>>> 2)  The use of LSE as an unintroduced abbreviation is slightly confusing.
>>>   Can you please expand it the first time
>>> to Label Stack Entry?
>>>
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> Alia,
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> The first occurrence of LSE is in the second para of the introduction:
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> "In the event of an error
> in the setting of the PW Label Stack Entry (LSE) TTL, VCCV packets"
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> Would you like me to leave it unexpanded there and expand it somewhere
> else?
>

It's a little awkward, but ok.


> In this case I think the expansion is something of a formality, since it
> is difficult to image that any reader would look at this RFC without
> a prior understanding of MPLS and hence knowledge of the term.
>

I haven't actually seen LSE appear as an acronym for a while - so it took me
a few seconds  to figure out what it must be.  I agree that it's obvious to
someone who understands MPLS - but a trivial reminder is helpful.  There are
a lot of acronyms in our industry!

It's up to you - just a comment on readability.

thanks,
Alia


> - Stewart
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