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Re: [RAM] revised draft proposed definitions

Hi Ran,

I'd like to think that we all get it. Perhaps I'm wrong. Here are some suggested changes, just in case:


Identifier:    An object that is used only for identification,
        never for forwarding packets or determining location.

Just as a matter of principle, I think it's best to define what these things are, rather than what they're not. Never is a long time, and quite frankly it's not very descriptive. Better to say something like, "An identifier [or the thing it identifies] may change its location at any time, and may in fact be present in multiple locations."




Locator:    An object that is used only for forwarding packets
        or determining location, never for identification.

Same comment only in reverse ;-) "A locator denotes presence at a specific point in the network. When one's location within a network changes, one locator changes".

Eliot

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