[Nsi-wg] Service type vs serviceElement tag name

25 Sep 2013

      Hi

Right now we have a construction in the reserve request (and 
confirmations), like hits:

     <serviceType>http://services.ogf.org/nsi/2013/07/descriptions/EVTS.A-GOLE</serviceType>
     <p2psrv:evts>
       <capacity>200</capacity>
       <directionality>Bidirectional</directionality>
       <sourceSTP>
         <networkId>urn:ogf:network:nordu.net:2013</networkId>
         <localId>urn:ogf:network:nordu.net:2013:ps</localId>
       </sourceSTP>
       <destSTP>
         <networkId>urn:ogf:network:nordu.net:2013</networkId>
         <localId>urn:ogf:network:nordu.net:2013:uvalight</localId>
       </destSTP>
       <mtu>1500</mtu>
       <burstsize>5000000</burstsize>
       <sourceVLAN>1780</sourceVLAN>
       <destVLAN>1780</destVLAN>
     </p2psrv:evts>

AFAICT the serviceType and element name of the service (<p2psrv:evts>) has 
the exact same purpose: To tell the NSA which type of service is 
requested. Having serviceType specific to A-GOLE seems a bit weird. It is 
still an EVTS service. For getting endpoints in the A-GOLE one should just 
select the right STPs. AFAICT the serviceType field is completely 
redundant.

     Best regards, Henrik

  Henrik Thostrup Jensen <htj at nordu.net>
  Software Developer, NORDUnet