Subject: Re: [icnrg] CCN/NDN convergence effort

From: Dirk Kutscher <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 09:06:41 +0000

Hello ICN community,

this is an update on what has happened with respect to the CCN/NDN convergence effort and on how you can participate and track it.

The convergence effort is progressing well, through phone calls and e-mail discussions.

The Wiki page for this is still https://trac.tools.ietf.org/group/irtf/trac/wiki/icnrg/convergence

We have now added minutes/materials/audio recordings of previous meetings and will maintain this for all future meetings as well.

It also links to a mailing list that we set up for technical discussions and coordination. This is open to all - please use it for technical discussion and coordination on the convergence effort and not for tutorial questions, announcements or general ICN discussion topics.

Best regards,
Börje, Dave, Dirk - ICNRG chairs

From: Dirk Kutscher
Sent: Mittwoch, 27. Juli 2016 15:26
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]'
Subject: CCN/NDN convergence effort

Hello ICN community,

As we announced in Berlin [1], people from the CCN and NDN teams have started talking about a convergence effort with two main goals:

1)      Understanding and documenting current differences

2)      Trying to resolve differences, aiming for a consistent specification

Our take-away from the discussion at the meeting was that many people welcome such as an effort and would like to see it happen soon. We do think that the fastest way forward would be to do this as a side-bar breakout in ICNRG, i.e., form a team of volunteers who work on this and report progress to the community. The expected outcome would be documents (documenting differences, and unified spec) that represent the consensus of the community.

The two teams agreed on holding weekly phone calls, plus eventually face-to-face meetings. The chairs' expectation is that these meetings should be joined by people who understand the technical differences of the two architectures well enough to contribute to that discussion constructively. These meetings will be really focused on the agenda described above - there won't be time for tutorials, discussion of new features etc.

Minutes and links to working documents will be posted here: https://trac.tools.ietf.org/group/irtf/trac/wiki/icnrg/convergence

We have scheduled weekly phone meetings for Thursdays, 08:00 PDT (for two hours). The first meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 28.

If you are interested in joining under the assumptions outlined above, please contact Paul Polakos [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>  for info on logistics.

Best regards,
Börje, Dave, Dirk - ICNRG chairs

[1] https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/96/slides/slides-96-icnrg-7.pdf

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