Re: A comment on draft-ietf-simple-chat-12

Gonzalo,

The requirement talks on purpose about "identities" with the ambiguity 
that the word "identities" carry, meaning that we don't really specify 
whether those identities are SIP identities, tel URL identities, 
nicknames, or social security identities :-)

Then requirements 5 and 7 expand a bit more on the type of identities 
that must be supported by the system.

So, to answer your question, Req-2 deliberately leaves unspecified the 
type of identity of a sender and recipients, since this will depend on a 
number of factors, to mention a few:
- whether nicknames are supported/used.
- whether anonymity is requested.
- The type of real identity used by the user.

I still leaning towards leaving the requirement written as it is now.

/Miguel

On 20/01/2012 13:27, Gonzalo Camarillo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> a quick comment on draft-ietf-simple-chat-12 before I start its IETF LC:
>
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-simple-chat-12
>
> Requirement 2 says the following:
>
>   REQ-2:  A conference participant must be able to determine the
>             identities of the sender and recipient of the received IMs.
>
> A few lines below, requirements 5 and 7 talk about participants having
> nicknames, pseudonyms, real identities, and anonymous identities.
>
> What would be a good way to rephrase requirement 2 so that it is clear
> what type of identity it refers to?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gonzalo
>
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