RE: REMINDER: WG Last Call: Entity State MIB

> Following comments were sent on 1/11/2004: But it is not 
> taken care in the latest draft.
> Hoping some one is carrying as part of Editorial fix
> ******
> a Minor Suggestion:
> 
> Instead of having these OID definitions:
> 
> -- Notifications
> 
>   entStateTraps      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { entityStateMIB 2 }
>   entStateTrapPrefix OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { entStateTraps 0 }
> 
> 
> We can have
> entStateNotifs OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { entityStateMIB 0 }
> 
> and use 'entStateNotifs' in the corresponding NOTIFICATION-TYPE
> 
> Reason we would like to avoid name 'Traps' is: Latest RFCs refer them
> as Notifications
> 
> Also, above OID tree structure will be inline with mib review 
> guidelines document: draft-ietf-ops-mib-review-guidelines-02.txt
> 

I agree with that ... and I would even say:

  entStateNotifications OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { entityStateMIB 0 }

Why make the descriptor more cryptic than needed?

Bert