[ticker-dev] Re: Distribution tag

[David Arnold]

-->"Julian" == Julian Boot <julian at dstc.monash.edu.au> writes:

  Julian> yes, but we seem to have crossed lines.  I was not
  Julian> suggesting renaming Distribution to Domain.

actually, i didn't think you were.

  >> use of a list of "domains" in which the info was valid/relevant
  >> (ie. "dstc,qld,au,world") *might* achieve what was desired, but
  >> it's not clear if there was an hierarchical containment implicit
  >> in the values from "local" to "world".

  Julian> this is the same is Distribution.  Domain was suggested as a
  Julian> "producer" attribute. and would contain eg "DSTC", "Monash",
  Julian> etc. thus domain.group provides hierarchical naming scheme,
  Julian> albeit virutal.

and only three levels (universal, domain, group) whereas i was
assuming that Bill's proposal encompassed more than that.

this would share with "Distribution" the fact that it was a list of
values specified by the producer.  it is different in that the values
are not relative, and therefore retain meaning wherever the traffic is
distributed.


i'd also note that this differs little from the current use of the
"classified" tag in sticker, and the similar feature in eTiks.



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