[dev-disc] Re: device discovery BOF

[CONGDON,PAUL (HP-Roseville,ex1)]

I believe it is important to have this information sharing session - whether
at IETF or IEEE or both.  I will not be able to attend IETF myself, but have
the commitment from an exceptional 802.1 contributor (Jim Burns of
Meetinghouse) that can represent me if necessary.

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Narten [mailto:narten at us.ibm.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 10:32 AM
> To: CONGDON,PAUL (HP-Roseville,ex1)
> Cc: Pedro Roque Marques; Erik Nordmark; 
> device-discovery at puck.nether.net; dward at cisco.com; 'Bill 
> Lane'; Tony Jeffree
> Subject: Re: [dev-disc] Re: device discovery BOF 
> 
> 
> 
> > Pedro is correct in identifying the overlap between IEEE 
> 802.1AB and 
> > the current DDP document with respect to the goals and 
> problems that 
> > are to be solved.  We in the 802.1AB working group feel we 
> are quite 
> > far along with the document and have the extensibility built within 
> > the solution to offer the IETF a vehicle for addressing presumed 
> > discovery needs.  That said, it would be prudent to share this 
> > information and explore ideas about how this might be done 
> (either as 
> > an IETF effort or by participating in the IEEE effort).
> 
> Would it perhaps make sense for a 1-hour BOF that discusses 
> the problem, describes what IEEE is doing in this space, 
> followed by some discussion about what the IETF might do or 
> whether it should just feed effort into the IEEE effort?
> 
> Paul, will you be at the IETF, or would someone else be 
> attending that could adequately present the IEEE 802.1ab effort?
> 
> > It is unclear if a BOF is the best forum for this, but it is clear 
> > that we don't want to develop duplicate protocols solving the same 
> > needs.
> 
> Agreed. But note that BOFs are flexible. We can have a BOF 
> that is strictly information sharing, with the primary 
> purpose not to (say) form a WG.
> 
> Thomas
>