Hi,
Recently, I have seen a few uses of the namespace prefix
urn:ogf:network. While I think a common namespace is a good idea, I just
like to emphasis that this is not an official namespace. Or not yet.
URN allocated by IANA:
http://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-namespaces/
"urn:" is a formal namespace, and registration requires IETF consensus
action. Currently, urn:ogf is not even registered, so urn:ogf: or
urn:ogf:network must not be used. As I see it, we have two options:
1. Use urn:ogf:network. This first requires IETF consensus action to
allocate urn:ogf to the OGF (it is not yet!), then OGF consensus action
to allocation urn:ogf:network to the NML-WG.
2. Use the URI ogf.org/network as namespace. This is what is done in RDF
(in RDF, http://ogf.org/network would be used, even though the HTTP
protocol is not involved in any way) and does not require a
standardization action.
Given the status of the OGF, I have a very slight preference for the
first option. However, I don't know how much more work this means.
I am not present at the current OGF, but I would be interested to hear
others opinions -- either those in the workgroup and the OGF at large
(since option 1 requires OGF action).
Note: Ronald van der Pol et al. recently created a document "Global
Lightpath Identifiers Proposal",
http://www.glif.is/list-archives/all/msg00062.html which discuss a
similar naming problem in the GLIF organization. It is a short read and
gives some insight into the available options for namespaces (even
though it discusses a whole different type of identifiers).
Regards,
Freek
(Apologies if this ends up being a duplicate, Jon is not on nm-wg, so
his original send was not allowed.)
Network Measurement BOF at SC08
When: 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM, Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Where: Room 10B, Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX
Hosts: Jon Dugan, ESnet and Jeff Boote, Internet2
URL: http://scyourway.nacse.org/conference/view/bof196
There will be a Network Measurement BOF at SC08.
Jon Dugan, maintainer of Iperf, will be giving a brief update on the
current
status and future plans for Iperf. Jeff Boote will be giving a brief
update
about OWAMP and BWCTL.
If you have a topic you would like to give a brief (no more than 10
minutes)
talk about please contact Jon Dugan <jdugan(a)es.net> and Jeff Boote <boote(a)internet2.edu
>
This BOF is an open forum for people involved in network measurement a
chance
to interact about issues and directions in network measurement.
Please bring
topics to discuss and/or bring your laptop to show off your latest
projects.
We will have a projector available.
Feel free to pass this invitation along to anyone else who you feel
might be
interested.
Looking forward to seeing you in Austin,
Jon & Jeff
