[Nsi-wg] vote on naming for Agents types

[Jeroen van der Ham]

I agree with Tomohiro.

The term "provider" has long grown out of the context of ISPs. The term
"service provider" now has a much broader scope, and I do not think it
is confusing.

Jeroen.

On 17/12/2009 12:12, Tomohiro Kudoh wrote:
> Hi Guy,
> 
> I believe they should be either "requester and provider" or "client and
> server", as they are well established names, and we do not have any
> reason to re-define them. 
> 
> So, among the chocies, I choose [1].
> 
> Tomohiro
> 
> 
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:31:58 +0000
> Guy Roberts <Guy.Roberts at dante.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hi All,
>>
>> On the latest NSI conference call we have been pondering a suitable name for the two instances of an Agent that resides on either end of a Network Service Interface.  Up to now the term 'Requestor Agent' has been used to identify the agent that originates the connection request, and 'Provider Agent' for the agent that processes (reserves, provisions etc) the request.  Objections have been raised to this terminology based on the desire to break away from the old use of 'provider' as used in ISP.
>>
>> We would like to hold a ballot in the NSI group for preferred name.  The following names have been suggested, please respond with an email to me with the number of your preferred choice.
>>
>>
>> 1.       Requestor Agent, Provider Agent
>>
>> 2.       Requestor Agent, Service Agent
>>
>> 3.       Requestor Agent, Granter Agent
>>
>> 4.       Requestor Agent, Implementer Agent
>>
>> Regards,
>> Guy
>>
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