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Re: [Ecrit] Consensus Call: Precise Location Information not available to End Host



I think one of the objectives should be that a UA can copy location information from a PIDF-LO-speaking protocol to LoST without knowing anything about the content. It really doesn't care and it won't really be able to manipulate location information in any event. I'm not sure this is currently as easy as it could be. Obviously, LCP can't just dump random stuff into LoST queries, as this is likely to fail, but the number of LoST servers is always going to be much smaller than the number of clients (and LoST servers are more likely to be upgradeable).

On Apr 20, 2007, at 5:29 PM, Andrew Newton wrote:

Well, the point I was trying to make was that each new location profile would have to account for location providing. So, if we do geodetic-3d or rfc3825 or linser-locrel or whatever else comes along, we have to account for the fact that output has to also be the input. I know that may not be such a big deal, but we never really know. A simple key is easier on databases than the complex searching needed for location information, especially as the location profiles get more complex.

I agree about the special case. But the behavior does not have to be a special case, it can be done all the time. Essentially, a reference always exists inside a LoST mapping. Anytime a LoST mapping is converted into a PIDF-LO, such as when the LIS is trying to get a the service boundary for a PSAP to use as location information, that reference goes along with it. Later on, a VSP or whoever can simply use that reference to check the PSAP URI vs. using the location.

I admit, this is an optimization. But we already have to change LoST a little bit. We might as well try to make the subsequent policing against abuse as low cost as possible.


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