Re: [Rats] Use case -> architecture document

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Thu, 07 November 2019 20:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Rats] Use case -> architecture document
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Schönwälder, Jürgen wrote:
    > I prefer having all relevant interaction models in the architecture.

Do you want exhaustive details, or just enough to say how things differ and
then reference another document?

    > Looking at your architecture draft and "attestation characteristics"
    > (aka attestation principles), then I am not sure I do understand all
    > definitions. For me, 'relevance' seems somewhat unclear. Should such
    > terms be defined in an architecture doccument? Probably yes if they
    > are fundamental for understanding the technology and not covered by
    > generally known security terminology.

I agree: the major contribution of an architecture document is a set of
common terms ... for the components of the architecture.

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