[Nml-wg] Call on April 19th

[Roman Łapacz]

W dniu 2012-04-19 16:56, Freek Dijkstra pisze:
> Roman Łapacz wrote:
>
>>> - Label Proposal
>> I'm thinking about 3 options:
>>
>> 1)
>>
>> <nml:label type="c-vlan">42</nml:label>
>> <nml:label type="wavelength" unit="nm">1500</nml:label>
>>
>>
>> or 2)
>>
>> use of tag namespaces to indicate a technology
>>
>> <nml-eth:label>42</nml-eth:label>
>> <nml:parameter name="vlan">42</nml:parameter>
>> </nml-eth:label>
>>
>> <nml-wv:label>1500</nml-wv:label>
>> <nml:parameter name="wavelength">1500</nml:parameter>
>> <nml:parameter name="unit">nm</nml:parameter>
>> </nml-wv:label>
>>
>>
>> or 3)
>>
>> use of attribute namespaces to introduce tech related attributes
>>
>>
>> <nml:label nml:type="c-vlan">42</nml:label>
>> <nml:label nml:type="wavelength" nml-wv:unit="nm">1500</nml:label>
> I find 2 a bit confusing because of the double value (both as label and
> as parameter), which makes me wonder if there is a situation where they
> can be different.

update?

<nml-eth:label type="vlan">
<nml:parameter name="id">42</nml:parameter>
</nml-eth:label>

<nml-eth:label type="mac">
<nml:parameter name="address">42</nml:parameter>
</nml-eth:label>



Roman


>
> I have no preference for either 1 or 3 (I see 3 as an extension of 1).
>
> The only think that is important to me is that it is possible to define
> multiple label types per technology. For example Ethernet can define
> VLANs, ISID and MAC; DWDM can define wavelengths and wavelength groups;
> SDH can define STS, TUG and VTG; ATM can define VPI and VCI, etc.
>
> Regards,
> Freek