Re: [rrg] Next revision

[Tony Li <[e-mail]>]

Hi Noel,


> Some suggested improvements on a couple of them:

Thanks much.
 
> Yes, I know in some ways there are aspects of these that are problematic.

Agreed.  In fact, in our two previous attempts to get some kind of consensus
on terminology, we foundered right here.  This is exactly why I'm just
trying to expand abbreviations.

Of course, if we were to instantly and miraculously get consensus on
definitions, I'd be happy to incorporate them.

> If you think the second sentences in each are too problematic, feel free to
> drop them, but I would suggest keeping the extended first sentence, to give
> naive readers _some_ sort of vague idea of what an EID and RLOC are, beyond
> just saying "the precise definition varies depending on the proposal".

I'm inclined to do this, are other folks ok with this?

> And two more:
> 
> PA - Provider Assigned: Addresses which cannot be 'taken with you' when a
> site moves to a different location on the network connectivity
> structure; usually assigned by a service provider (hence the name).
> 
> PI - Provider Independent: Addresses which 'belong to' a site, and which stay
> with the site when it moves to a different location on the network
> connectivity structure; independent of any service provider (hence the
> name).
> 
> This gets to the _technical_ attributes of PI and PA, which are what is most
> important to us, rather than the _policy_ aspects.


The ARIN lawyers will freak over 'belong to'.

Tony