RE: on terminology

Qiaobing Xie <> wrote:
> All,
> 
> While reading some past comments about RSERPOOL drafts, the term
> "name" and "namespace" seem to be at the center of a lot of debates
> and confusion. I always wonder if this is due to the fact that these
> two terms are heavily overloaded over the years. 
> 
> I think it might help if we:
> 
> 1) insist on using "pool handle" as the official formal term and
> avoiding "pool name" (we can continue to use "pool name" informally
> of cause) 
> 

This seems okay to me.

> 2) instead of "namespace", we use "Handle-space" and change
> "namespace server" to "Pool Registrar"
> 

I prefer "namespace", but I can be swayed.  "Pool Registrar" sound good.

> Comments?

FWIW, I have a draft in the works that attempts to collect all of the RSerPool terminology in one place and weed out inconsistencies until such a time that both protocols are combined into a single IETF document.  I'm sorry that I didn't get a -00 version done in time for this next meeting.

> 
> regards,
> -Qiaobing

Aron

> 
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