Re: [sip-clf] Request for Consensus: Adopt ASCII

To be clear, you're asking for a consensus call on the sip-clf group to adopt *an* ascii format, not necessarily the indexed-ascii format as it stands right now in its draft, correct?

-hadriel

On Nov 9, 2010, at 4:34 PM, Peter Musgrave wrote:

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> [Background]
> As has been clear for several sessions, there are two distinct communities of interest in the sip-clf:
> - those who favour a apache-style text logging format
> - those who prefer a binary IPFIX based format
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> In discussions with the IPFIX sub-group it was clear that they did not really desire a logging file format - this was a means to specify a format for streaming binary information to collectors and that they had additional goals which included the ability to correlate signalling information with information on media flows. 
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> As a consequence I suggested that this was a different enough objective that it would be appropriate to pursue it in either a re-chartered SIP-CLF or via the RAI dispatch process. 
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> This met with their agreement. 
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> This leaves ASCII as the default option for WG adoption for sip-clf. There was the start of a discussion about whether this indexing is still desired - but I feel we can have this discussion in the context of it as a WG document (if it is agreed to adopt it). 
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> [Consensus Call]
> As discussed in the Beijing session, I would like to ask for a consensus call for the sip-clf group to adopt ascii as the format to proceed with under the present charter. 
> 
> Please reply with the next 7 days.
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Peter Musgrave
> Co-Chair SIP-CLF
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