On Sep 25, 2011, at 1:53 PM, xun...@isi.edu wrote:

> Sure, thanks for the advise. We can add "_" for "instance_id" and "node_id"
> also, "_instance_id._ns-diagnostics.$ORIGIN",
> "_node_id._ns-diagnostics.$ORIGIN"

Sounds good.

> Yes, the is not the first time we have this terminology problem. "node" is
> defined in RFC 4786 while RFC 4892 use "instance".
> 
> We only have a slight explanation of the two in Section 1 the first goal,
> 
> "The mechanism should be able to identify both specific anycast
>       instances (a specific computer running anycast), and also anycast
>       nodes (defined in RFC 4786 [RFC4786] as the topology location
>       where multiple instances may run)"
> 
> but we should definitely give a clear differentiation at the beginning.

Ah, I missed that. Maybe a two-paragraph terminology section would make it more 
obvious for the too-quick like me...

--Paul Hoffman

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