Suggestions for Consolidation the Specification Documents

"Rajiv Das" <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:12:23 +0530
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.rddp
Organization Rajiv(Personal)
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,
[This is a repost with modifications]
I was just going through all the RDDP Internet Drafts last weekend and I get
a feeling that:
1. The Definitions/Glossary section needs to refer to a master copy so that
variations are not there.
2. The Security section in all the drafts should refer to the Security draft
to reduce redundancy.

It's my feeling that the Architecture document should probably provide the
backbone, something which is not really self-evident now. The diagram below
is intended to show, what I feel can be a reasonable cross-reference
scenario. I realize that the reader must get a complete idea of what each
document intends to convey without too many references, but the current
feeling is like the documents aren't tied together anywhere. I believe a
federal structure is the optimum. I feel that with this consolidation, the
documents will provide an even better picture of RDDP.  

|==============|
|  1.Concerns  |
|==============|
       |
       V
+==============================================+
+              2. ARCHITECTURE                 +
+----------------------------------------------+
+  Definitions                                 +<-------
+----------------------------------------------+       |
+  Overview of RDMA/DDP Operations etc.        +       |
+----------------------------------------------+       |
+  Normative Reference to RDMA Specification   +       |
+----------------------------------------------+       |
+  Normative Reference to DDP Specification    +       |
+----------------------------------------------+       |
+  Normative Reference to Security             +----   |
+----------------------------------------------+    |  |
+  Normative Reference to RDMA Applicablility  +    |  |
+==============================================+    |  |
                                                    |  |
+========================+--------------------------|--|
+ 3/4/5/6. RDMA/DDP Spec |                          |
| RDMA Appl,Prb St       |                          |
|------------------------|                          |
| Norm Ref to Definitions|                          |
|------------------------|                          |
| Norm Ref to Security   |-|                        |
|------------------------| |                        |
| Other Contents         | |                        |
+========================+ |                        |
                           |                        |
                           |                        |
+==============+           |                        |
+  7.Security  +<-----------<-----------------------|
+==============+


I believe I have got my understanding correct and hope I've been brief :-)

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Thanks,
Rajiv Das
Wipro Technologies