[Nml-wg] Soliciting Public Comments on "Network topology descriptions in hybrid networks"

[Roman Lapacz]

Jason Zurawski wrote:
> Hi Roman;
>
>> Jason Zurawski wrote:
>>> Hi Roman;
>>>
>>> This section is describing the topology service produced in
>>> perfSONAR-PS (info here:
>>> http://www.internet2.edu/performance/pS-PS/topology.html), which is
>>> similar to an LS in operation but operates on the topology schema
>>> elements.
>>
>> OK. This may be a bit misleading if someone knows general concept of pS
>> infrastructure, not certain implementation (in this case ps-pS).
>
>
> This is a part of the perfSONAR infrastructure, the component has been 
> described in the original architecture documents and the existence of 
> this service is not new (was developed in conjunction with DICE 
> control plane activities).
>
> Are you seeing this as misleading because there is not an MDM 
> implementation that matches functionality?  There are several services 
> that are in MDM that are not in pSPS and vice versa, the common thread 
> being they are all 'perfSONAR' since they speak the protocols.

I'm not comparing the implementations. I wasn't aware that TS can have 
register functionality like LS.

Roman

>
> Thanks;
>
> -jason
>
>
>> Roman
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks;
>>>
>>> -jason
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> to me the text about Topology Service (TS) in section 3 describes 
>>>> Lookup
>>>> Service (LS), not TS (Jason, Martin, what do you think?). I 
>>>> remember it
>>>> was discussed somewhere that TS may use LS to get registered topology
>>>> data but still LS is not TS in the general concept of pS.
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>> Roman
>>>>
>>>> Freek Dijkstra wrote:
>>>>> All,
>>>>>
>>>>> Our first deliverable, "Network topology descriptions in hybrid
>>>>> networks", is now soliciting public comments. If you have any 
>>>>> comments,
>>>>> or know anyone who like to comment on this document, please do so at
>>>>> http://www.ogf.org/gf/docs/comment.php?id=327. The official public
>>>>> comment period ends Feb 15, 2010.
>>>>>
>>>>> My apologies to Paola Grosso for the very long delay (over a year)
>>>>> between the final editing and this public comments. This was 
>>>>> mostly due
>>>>> to negligence and unfamiliarity of procedures on my part.
>>>>>
>>>>> With kind regards,
>>>>> Freek Dijkstra