Delta-V Teleconference
October 11, 1999

Attending: Jeff McAffer, Geoff Clemm, Jim Amsden, Jim Whitehead, Tim
Ellison

Some discussion of moving MKRESOURCE over to the Advanced Collections
Redirect Reference specification. Jeff & Geoff are in favor of this,
while Jim W. was concerned about inter-spec. dependencies after the
advanced collections specifications were completed.

Some discussion on mechanics of producing the new versioning
specification. Want to get in MKRESOURCE, REPORT, CHECKIN, CHECKOUT,
and address Jim Amsden's comments. Jeff McAffer will flesh out REPORT,
for use as a strawman, and basis for future discussion.  Will include
Judy's revised MKRESOURCE specification. Should get Geoff Clemm
information for the spec. by Wednesday, end-of-day so it can be
included in the spec.

Discussion of whether labels and revision identifiers are the same
namespace, or are different namespaces. Strong opinions on both sides
of this issue. One side holds that there is the possibility of a
collision between server-specified revision ids and client specified
labels, and so placing them in different namespaces eliminates this
collision possibility. The other side agrees with this, but notes that
it is still possible for two clients to have collisions in the label
namespace, and this class of collisions more likely than
revision/label collisions. Furthermore, putting both labels and
revision ids in the same namespace will result in lower marshalling
complexity in the protocol, since one header can be used for
both. However, it was noted that even if labels and revision ids are
in separate namespaces, you could still marshall them in the same
header. No resolution on this issue -- take it to the list, and
resolve in Washington.

Discussion on how to specify a specific revision given one of its
revision names (id or label). If we have a workspace, how (or can we)
override it with a specific revision name (place it in a separate
header, or add syntax to the workspace header for label ovrerride).

Discussion on whether we will have a separate breakout, beyond the
official WG meeting, for people who are going to be in
Washington. Agreement that there is. Jeff McAffer will call to arrange
a separate meeting room in the hotel across the street from the IETF
meeting. This will be an open meeting, for all who wish to attend, but
it will be a working meeting, with the expectation that those who
attend will have read the drafts.

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