[Nml-wg] XML Examples and Proposals

[Jeff W. Boote]

On Mar 13, 2012, at 11:11 AM, Jeroen van der Ham wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On 13 Mar 2012, at 17:05, Jeff W. Boote wrote:
> 
>>> Can we agree that we have two use cases:
>>> * A link with a certain reservation (with start and endtime)
>>> * Update of the internal of a topology
>> 
>> Given hierarchical and abstracted topologies, I don't see these as different cases. We have groups building networks on-top of "reserved" links.
> 
> Again, a request is different from a topology that is providing the resources for such a request.
> Following the use-case that Freek mentioned above: you could send a request for a reservation, ask for an extension and get a new version of your reservation.

The results of the first request can become the topology for a new network, and that can be used as the basis to provide another provisioning entity. There is no difference.

Jeff