Re: [Dime] Application Id for commands in Gq and similar applications

[Victor Fajardo <vfajardo at tari.toshiba.com>]

Hi Tom,
> You saw my other note suggesting a change in the meaning of the 
> application identifier in the body? 

I see. My main concern was interoperability if this new "meaning" 
results in multiple different app ids within a message. It could 
generate issues.

best regards,
victor

> I thought I would do some forensic tracking, and dug out a copy of 
> draft-calhoun-diameter-04.txt (July 1998) that's still lurking on my 
> laptop. (We used it as a basis for IPDC, one of Megaco's 
> predecessors.) Anyway, that was too far back -- the concept of 
> applications wasn't present yet.
>
> Victor Fajardo wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> > > Despite what I just said, I'll go for the second approach for the 
> > > sake of maximizing the possibility of interoperability.
> >
> > Just trying to catch up on the discussion, does the "second approach" 
> > mean that the app id in the header does not match those in the app id 
> > avps ? If so, this is probably in conflict with the existing base and 
> > with the bis as well. My understanding is that if your just trying to 
> > reuse a command/message defined from another spec (pls correct me if 
> > I mis-understood the problem) then the "second approach" is preferred 
> > but you should define a consistent app id in both the header and app 
> > id avps. The app id of the spec that originally defined the command 
> > need not be represented when you use the command in your new 
> > application.
> [snip]
>
>  The other
> > > > > possibility might conform more to the spirit underlying RFC 3588 by
> > > > > using Auth-Application-Id to convey the application identifier 
> > > > > (like Gq
> > > > > and the RFCs), keeping all the mandatory AVPs, but specifying default
> > > > > contents for those mandatory AVPs of no interest to the application.
> [snip]


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