[Nsi-wg] vote on naming for Agents types

[Chin Guok]

I vote for 1.  Even though it may sound "traditional" I think it captures 
accurately the concept we are trying to present in the NSI.

- Chin

--On December 16, 2009 5:31:58 PM +0000 Guy Roberts <Guy.Roberts at dante.net> 
wrote:

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> Hi All,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 1.       Requestor Agent, Provider Agent
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> 2.       Requestor Agent, Service Agent
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> 3.       Requestor Agent, Granter Agent
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> 4.       Requestor Agent, Implementer Agent
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> Regards,
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> Guy
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