Brian E Carpenter <brc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 12/01/2006 05:20:31 AM: > > Speaking only for myself: I'm now reasonably satisfied that if this work > is to be done, it will be done better in the IETF than in the ITU. > However, looking at the last draft of the charter that I've seen, I am > concerned about two things. > > 1. There's a presumption that "precedence" and "preemption" are the > mechanisms - but those aren't requirements, they are solutions, and > it isn't clear to me that they can ever be appropriate solutions > in the upper layers of the Internet. The requirement is presumably > that important application level sessions succeed in emergency situations, > even if less important ones fail. The best way to meet that > requirement might be different for each type of application > protocol. Neither the charter text nor the list of deliverables > recognizes such differentiation; they simply assume that precedence > and preemption are the only possible solutions. I completely agree that, for many circumstances, "precedence and preemption" are not the appropriate solutions. In fact, there is a substantial subset of the IEPREP working group which wants to avoid anything that could be considered "precedence and preemption", preferring to focus on other approaches. The way I read the charter, "precedence and preemption" is only one of four examples. Even then, it does not specify precedence and preemption" as the solution/mechanism, but only as the highest level user/organization view. None the less, I would, as an individual, favor a rewording of the charter that made it clearer that "precedence and preemption" was not the primary focus of the WG. The mis-perception that the WG is focused on "precedence and preemption" is, unfortunately, reinforced by the list of milestones, which focus on the "military" environment. I would also, as an individual, favor modification to the list of milestones to include milestones that are clearly not associated with "precedence and preemption". Janet > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf