Is "overlay" the right word? I agree that it is physically in-band, and virtually out-of-band. Isn't that the definition of "overlay"?
Bill On 2020-06-28 11:02 p.m., Michael Richardson wrote: > Attention This email originates from outside the concordia.ca domain. // > Ce courriel provient de l'exterieur du domaine de concordia.ca > On 2020-06-23 10:31 p.m., internet-dra...@ietf.org wrote: >> A diff from the previous version is available at: >> > https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-anima-autonomic-control-plane-25 > > > yes, I read the diffs :-) > > - This document describes a modular design for a self-forming, self- > - managing and self-protecting ACP, which is a virtual in-band network > - designed to be as independent as possible of configuration, > > + This document describes a modular design for a self-forming, self- > + managing and self-protecting ACP, which is a virtual out-of-band > + network designed to be as independent as possible of configuration, > > This change from being a virtual in-band network to a virtual > out-of-band network must have been in response to some comments... It > seems a big change in some ways. I guess it makes this text consistent > with the abstract which has said virtual out-of-band for awhile now. > > But, I do have to wonder if we are creating confusion by claiming that > this is an out-of-band mechanism, even though it's really an in-band > mechanism. It's just virtually-out. > > I actually do want to start a bike-shed issue here? > Are we describing ourself wrong? Maybe there is some portmanteau that > would be more accurate? I think that the above sentence is essentially > the elevator pitch for all of ANIMA. > > > There is also a bunch of other text that has been added to the > Introduction, which I think confuses more than it enlightens. > Or at least needs a better copy-edit. > > A number of other new sections (9.4..) need a copy-edit to fix some > missing words. I will try to help Toerless with that via github. > > _______________________________________________ > Anima mailing list > Anima@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/anima > -- Dr. J.W. Atwood, Eng. tel: +1 (514) 848-2424 x3046 Distinguished Professor Emeritus fax: +1 (514) 848-2830 Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering Concordia University EV 3.185 email:william.atw...@concordia.ca 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~bill Montreal, Quebec Canada H3G 1M8 _______________________________________________ Anima mailing list Anima@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/anima
