Re: [Roll] WG call to adopt draft-brandt-roll-rpl-applicability-home-building-03

[Don Sturek <[e-mail]>]

Hi Michael,

No, however, I was hoping the applicability statement would outline the
list of features of the protocol that map to solving home and building
automation issues.

I do, however, expect that the applicability statement by itself is
insufficient to build interoperable vendor solutions (plus the IETF does
not create certification programs).  So the main purpose is to provide a
document to groups like:  Z-Wave, ZigBee, CABA, ASHRAE, BACnet, etc. where
they can begin to define protocols that fit their use cases.

Don


On 2/21/13 12:12 PM, "Michael Richardson" <[e-mail]> wrote:

>
>>>>>> "Don" == Don Sturek <[e-mail]> writes:
>    Don> Having implemented and certified 6 vendor solutions using ROLL
>    Don> RPL in ZigBee IP, I doubt very seriously that this is true:
>
>    Don> "......because these are questions that need to be answered if
>    Don> we are going to have interoperability between muyltiple vendors
>    Don> without resorting to yet another level of vendor forums)"
>
>    Don> It would be best to keep the scope of the applicability
>    Don> statement to just RPL P2P, not add assumptions on the use of
>    Don> outside RFCs/drafts and let commercial groups complete
>    Don> certification by choosing configuration parameters that address
>    Don> their needs.
>
>Don, are you offering to take the Home and Building Applicability
>statement to a vendor forum, and produce a document which a *building
>architect* (not a member of said vendor forum) can list on a NAFTA
>Article 10-compliant RFP, and which will tell an implementor (also not a
>member of said vendor forum) what pieces need to be implemented in order
>to interoperate? 
>
>Because, that's the situation for all other IETF (routing) specifications.
>
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