Re: [Roll] RaF vs RAN as a TLA

“Host” is a great word for a thing that is not a router.

If you call RPL-unaware things “hosts”, you reclaim the term “Leaf” for routers that don’t forward (“leaf router” in long form).

Look, ma, no abbrevs.

Grüße, Carsten

> On May 17, 2019, at 22:11, Charlie Perkins <charles.perkins@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello folks,
> 
> I think that using 'f' for "leaf" isn't right.  What's wrong with 'l' - or (typographically better) 'L'?
> 
> Acronyms in general are often misused in ways that lead to reduced understanding.  Acronyms that don't suggest the phrases they abbreviate are guaranteed to increase head-scratching and reduce comprehension.
> 
> Also, I think that "RPL-unaware" would be much better than "not-RPL-aware".  And, then, "RuL' instead of the twiddly thing.
> Regards,
> Charlie P.
> 
> 
> On 5/17/2019 12:41 PM, Michael Richardson wrote:
>> draft-thubert-roll-unaware-leaves-07 uses the term:
>> 
>>    RPL provides unicast and
>>    multicast routing services back to RPL-Aware nodes (RANs)
>> 
>> while we used a term "RPL-aware-leaF" (RaF), which is almost, but
>> not quite the same thing.
>> 
>> Should we use a single term if possible.
>> 
>> --
>> Michael Richardson 
>> <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>
>> , Sandelman Software Works
>>  -= IPv6 IoT consulting =-
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