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Artifact artf6582 : Unnamed NML objects
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Title: Unnamed NML objects
Description:
Currently, all NML Network Objects MUST have an id so that they can be referred to.

Proposal: Change this required to: 
* NML Network Objects MAY have an id so that they can be referred to.

Furthermore:
* NML network objects MAY be unnamed.
* NML network objects MAY have a local id, which is only valid in scope of one NML description and MUST NOT be referred 
to from another NML description.

Rationale for unnamed network objects: Sometimes it is only needed to describe that an NML object exists without giving 
it a name. 

The following example combines two unidirectional Links to a BidirectionalLink without giving the BidirectionalLink an 
explicit name:
  <nml:BidirectionalLink>
    <nml:Port idRef="urn:ogf:network:example.net:2012:link-A-B" />
    <nml:Port idRef="urn:ogf:network:example.net:2012:link-B-A" />
  </nml:BidirectionalLink>


Rationale for network objects with a local name: Sometimes a domain does not describe its Topology in detail, but 
another Topology may want to refer to some detail of that Topology. Currently, it needs to create a full URI for an 
object in another domain, which may be awkward (it seems strange to name something in someone else's Topology). In those
 cases, a local name may suffice.

In the following example, the domain example.org likes to describe a end-to-end Link that uses a link through 
otherdomain.net, but unfortunately otherdomain.net did not define a URI for this Link, only for the containing LinkGroup
. example.org can resolve this as follows:

  <nml:LinkGroup idRef="urn:ogf:network:otherdomain.net:2012:link-B-C:vlans20-100">
    <nml:Link idRef="#890d0503fe">
      <nml:label type="vlan">42</nml:label>
    </nml:Link>
  </nml:LinkGroup>

  <nml:Link idRef="urn:ogf:network:example.org:2012:path-A-B-C">
    <nml:Relation type="isSerialCompoundLink">
      <nml:Link id="urn:ogf:network:example.org:2012:link-A-B">
        <nml:Relation type="next">
          <nml:Link idRef="#890d0503fe" />
        </nml:Relation>
      </nml:Link>
      <nml:Link idRef="#890d0503fe" />
    </nml:Relation>
  </nml:Link>

Submitted By: Freek Dijkstra
Submitted On: 07/30/2012 6:41 AM EDT
Last Modified: 11/30/2012 7:32 AM EST
Closed: 11/30/2012 7:32 AM EST

Status / Comments Change Log Associations Attachments  
 (4 Items)
Field Old Value New Value Date Performed By
Closed 11/30/2012 11/30/2012 7:32 AM EST Jeroen van der Ham
Status
Under discussion
Completed
11/30/2012 7:32 AM EST Jeroen van der Ham
Priority
4
2
08/08/2012 10:31 AM EDT Freek Dijkstra
Status
New
Under discussion
08/08/2012 10:31 AM EDT Freek Dijkstra

 
 
 
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