Re: [IPFIX] Clarifying some wording in RFC 5101

Hi, Andrew,

I always read it as meaning the first of your alternatives.

Cheers, 

Brian


On Sep 26, 2011, at 3:50 PM, Andrew Feren wrote:

> The discussion about timestamps in "The Metering Process Reliability Statistics Options Template" has me rereading RFCs.
> 
> The following sentence in RFC 5101 section 9 doesn't parse.
> 
>    The Collector MUST support the use of Templates containing multiple
>    occurrences of the similar Information Elements.
> 
> Should this read something more like
> 
>    The Collector MUST support the use of Templates containing multiple
>    occurrences of identical Information Elements.
> 
> or 
> 
>    The Collector MUST support the use of Templates containing multiple
>    occurrences of the same Information Elements.
> 
> or 
> 
>    The Collector MUST support the use of Templates containing multiple
>    occurrences of similar Information Elements.
> 
> In the last case what does "similar" mean and why does it need a MUST or even to be stated at all?
> 
> Is this something we can fix in 5101bis?
> 
> -Andrew
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