Re: terminology nit

["C. M. Heard" <heard@pobox.com>]

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Andy Bierman wrote:
> I noticed in this MIB in IETF Last Call that the term "trap" is used
> instead of "notification" in several MIB objects.  Is this important
> enough or can we officially accommodate this very common mistake?
> 
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-l3vpn-vr-mib-04.txt
> 
> I don't want to tell them "trap is wrong -- use notification because
> that means trap or inform".  They don't care about that.
> I would rather let it slide and accept that "trap" is a generic term
> in the wider SNMP community. 
> 
> I expect MIB Doctors to disagree, because you're all SNMP experts.
> (Then one of you can point it out to the L3VPN WG.  :-)

I'm not going to disagree.  I'm perfectly happy to interpret "trap"
as a shorthand for "trap or inform".  I think it's a good idea to
stop tormenting document authors for stuff that does not matter.

//cmh