Re: [Sidrops] Which 8210-bis error code should be used?

["Sriram, Kotikalapudi (Fed)" <[e-mail]>]

Claudio, Oliver, and all:



How does this change in the verification draft (Section 4) sound to you?

This is the change you seem to be saying will fix the issue (eliminate the possibility of implementation error).
We'll also reference this (or state it) in the main body (not appendix) of the profile draft.



OLD text:


   If, despite the above recommendations, the ASPA(s) of a CAS includes
   SPAS for one AFI but not for the other AFI (not even an AS 0), the
   ASPA SHALL NOT be rejected just for that reason.  However, such an
   ASPA(s) will be presumed to imply that the CAS has no providers
   (equivalent to AS 0 SPAS) for the AFI that they neglected to include.



NEW text:


   If, despite the above recommendations, the ASPA(s) of a CAS includes
   SPAS for one AFI but not for the other AFI (not even an AS 0), a SPAS
   containing only AS 0 MUST be included in the VAP-SPAS for the
   neglected AFI for the CAS.  In this case, later if the ASPA(s) in
   consideration is withdrawn and given no other ASPA changes for the
   CAS, said SPAS containing only AS 0 MUST be removed from the VAP-SPAS
   list, resulting in no entry in the list for the CAS (for both AFIs).

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Claudio: You were suggesting the following in your reply to Oliver:

>So you should not error out if an AFI object is missing instead an implicit
>AS 0 entry for the missing AFI should be inserted. How this is done is up
>to the implementation.

Would you say the need for new error code is obviated with the above change in text?

Do you see a need for any other changes in the profile or verification drafts on this issue?

Thank you.

Sriram