[Nml-wg] XML Examples and Proposals
Jeff W. Boote
boote at internet2.edu
Tue Mar 13 13:30:01 EDT 2012
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
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