[Nfd-dev] Naming conventions (draft 4)
Alex Afanasyev
alexander.afanasyev at ucla.edu
Mon Jul 28 17:24:52 PDT 2014
On Jul 28, 2014, at 5:13 PM, Davide Pesavento <davide.pesavento at lip6.fr> wrote:
> 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.
> *) 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?
an accident.
I have applied the fixes in draft 4: http://redmine.named-data.net/attachments/download/124/convention.pdf
---
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.
>>
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>> Alex
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