Hi All,
On the latest NSI conference call we have been
pondering a
suitable name for the two instances of an Agent that resides on either
end of a
Network Service Interface. Up to now the term ‘Requestor Agent’
has been used to identify the agent that originates the connection
request, and
‘Provider Agent’ for the agent that processes (reserves, provisions
etc) the request. Objections have been raised to this terminology
based on
the desire to break away from the old use of ‘provider’ as used in
ISP.
We would like to hold a ballot in the NSI group
for
preferred name. The following names have been suggested, please
respond
with an email to me with the number of your preferred choice.
1.
Requestor Agent, Provider Agent
2.
Requestor Agent, Service Agent
3.
Requestor Agent, Granter Agent
4.
Requestor Agent, Implementer Agent
Regards,
Guy
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Guy
Roberts, Ph.D
Network
Engineering &
Planning
DANTE - www.dante.net
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