Re: [802.1] P802.1b/D0

["Randy Presuhn" <rpresuhn@bmc.com>]

Hi -

> From: "Harrington, David" <dbh@enterasys.com>
> To: "MIB Doctors (E-mail)" <mreview@ops.ietf.org>
> Cc: "Dan Romascanu (Dan) (E-mail)" <dromasca@avaya.com>; "Les Bell
(E-mail)" <Les_Bell@eur.3com.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 7:48 AM
> Subject: FW: [802.1] P802.1b/D0
...
> http://www.ieee802.org/1/mirror/8021/802-b-drafts/d0/802b-d0.pdf
...
> I note that in their section on migrating OIDs, they do not discuss SMI
rules,
> and since mibs are being developed, it would be good if some of the CLRs
> we use are noted, such as not having multiple OIDs for the same mib
descriptor,
> and conventions for creating unique descriptor names.
...

I don't see why they would need to replicate the SNMP SMI rules.  The MIBs
they define, simply by virtue of being MIBs, are already subject to those
rules.

I do think the analogy in the "migration" material in 12.3 (d) isn't quite
right.  One
doesn't really create "a second Object Identifiervalue to identify the same
object".
Rather, one creates a second object whose definition is identical to the
first,
rather like addresses in suburbs where different addresses refer to
identical
houses (which are nonetheless not the same house.)

Randy