[PWOT] mpls-in-ip

i'd like to ask the to-be-working group three questions 
relating to this draft (it should show in the repository
soon, a url is given below):

1) is an mpls lsp an example of a "pseudo-wire?"

2) can ip be regarded as "transport?"

3) should mpls-in-ip be a standards track work item for
pwot?

in which the terms pseudo-wire and transport express the 
scope of the wg.

my opinions are.

1) yes. if an atm connection, frame relay connection, 
ds1 or oc3 are considered pseudo-wires then i think
an mpls lsp can reasonably be considered a pseudo-wire.

2) yes. the usage of "transport" in the pwot group seems 
to be more general than other uses. if mpls (which is a
sub-ip protocol) is a transport protocol along side tcp,
udp, rtp (which are all super-ip), etc., then i don't
see why ip can't also be regarded as providing transport.

3) if i'm right on the above two points then i think
pwot would the right place to write a standard 
encapsulation of mpls in ip, should the ietf want such 
as standard.

http://thefsb.org/draft-worster-mpls-in-ip-03.txt

c u
fsb

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