[Nfd-dev] Naming conventions (draft 4)

[Davide Pesavento]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 2:24 AM, Alex Afanasyev
<alexander.afanasyev at ucla.edu> wrote:
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> On Jul 28, 2014, at 5:13 PM, Davide Pesavento <davide.pesavento at lip6.fr> wrote:
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>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> Thanks for the new draft.
>>
>> *) 3.3 suggests using a timestamp as "a simple way to implement
>> versioning", which sounds odd to me, why not using the timestamp
>> marker 0xFC in such cases then?
>
> For me, version and timestamp has semantical difference.  Timestamp is not necessary a version.  Timestamp could be assigned for different data items in time sequenced collection.  Version is about the same data packet.  Using timestamp marker for version creates semantical ambiguity.
>

Oh ok, I see the rationale now. And I agree. This difference could be
explained in more detail in the document, maybe with an example, but I
guess we can do it after the spec has been finalized.

>> *) In 3.4, the value for the timestamp is in milliseconds. Can we
>> change it to microseconds? Applications that don't need this
>> granularity can just append zeros as needed.
>
> I have no objections to refine granularity to microseconds.
>
>> *) In 3.4, typo "cane" -> "can"
>>
>> *) Why is sequencing a sub-section of timestamping?
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> an accident.
>
>
> I have applied the fixes in draft 4: http://redmine.named-data.net/attachments/download/124/convention.pdf
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> ---
> Alex
>
>> Thanks,
>> Davide
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 1:21 AM, Alex Afanasyev
>> <alexander.afanasyev at ucla.edu> wrote:
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I made an update of the naming convention spec based on the received feedback. The updated draft can be downloaded here: http://redmine.named-data.net/attachments/download/123/convention.pdf
>>>
>>> - Version is redefined to be just a number (larger number represents later version and it is up to the app to define the specific use)
>>> - New marker for Timestamp
>>>
>>> Please comment as we need to have this document approved before we can finalize our release.
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Alex
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