Dave,

Apologies for taking some time to respond, please see below.

On 19 Apr 2011, at 18:22, Mcdysan, David E wrote:
> On Tuesday4/19/11 12:43 PM, "Ben Niven-Jenkins" <[email protected]>
>>> I agree with Rich that the use case/ requirements is separable from the
>>> protocol specifics.
>>> 
>>> Ben, would separating these address what appears to be one of your major
>>> comments?
>> 
>> Yes. I would prefer ALTO WG to focus on:
>> - What information an ALTO server needs from the network to do its job
>> (which may differ by use case).
>> - What an ALTO server may want (or be required) to do with that
>> information
>> 
>>> I suggest that we first focus on the requirements and where that work is
>>> best chartered. 
>>> 
>> 
>> Did you mean to insert a 'not' to make 'and not where that work is
>> chartered'? If so, then I'd say that is a fine suggestion and one I
>> heartily agree with :-)
> 
> Sorry, the following is what I had in mind, with CHANGES IN ALL CAPS.
> 
> I suggest that THE ALTO WG first focus on the requirements and THEN AS A
> NEXT STEP (E.G., A SEPARATE DRAFT) DETERMINE where ANY NEEDED
> INFORMATIONAL, BCP OR PROTOCOL work AS DETERMINED FROM THE REQUIREMENTS
> ANALYSIS WOULD best BE chartered.

Agreed - I think we're on the same page :-) The first step (IMO) is definitely 
to start by focussing on requirements and determining which place is best to do 
any follow-on work can wait until after we have the requirements.

Ben

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