RE: Communication in response to the OIF

[Kireeti Kompella <kireeti@juniper.net>]

Hi Stephen,

On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Stephen Shew wrote:

> On the OIF contacts:
> Jim Jones' email address is: Jim.D.Jones@alcatel.com, he is the OIF
> Architecture/Signaling WG chair
> John McDonough's email address is: jmcdonou@cisco.com,he is the
> Vice-President of the OIF
> Steve Joiner's email address is: steve.joiner@bookham.com

Thanks!  I got these from several others as well -- thanks to all.

> On point b) below, the OIF is a Rec. A5 qualified organization with the
> ITU-T and has liaised work many times with SG15 of the ITU-T.  In several
> meetings in 2002, the OIF voted to adopt ASON architecture and requirements
> (including G.7715 on routing) for its Implementation Agreements to comply
> with.  It should not alarm CCAMP that the OIF also has a cooperative
> relationship with ITU-T with regard to ASON routing.  Hence I suggest
> removing point b).

Let me clarify: the concern stems not from the OIF having a
relationship with the ITU-T -- that is not a matter for the IETF to
worry about either way.  Rather, the alarm is that the OIF's work on
routing overlaps with the IETF's, and the resultant fragmentation and
confusion in the marketplace is undesirable.  Hence point b).

Kireeti.
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