Subject: Re: draft-ietf-megaco-merged-01.txt

From: Tom-PT Taylor <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 10:51:51 -0400

Responses below.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nurit Shenhar [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 4:24 AM
> To: [email-masked]
> Subject: draft-ietf-megaco-merged-01.txt
>
>
> Hello
>
> 1. I think that there is an error in Appendix A, step 15. The
> mId should be
> [125.125.125.111].
>
[PTT]
Certainly that would be consistent with the mId shown in step 17.

> 2. There seems to be an inconsistency between the ASN.1 and the ABNF
> definition of  LocalDescriptor and RemoteDescriptor.
>
> The ASN.1 format is:
>
> **************************************************************
> **************
> **********************************
> StreamParms ::= SEQUENCE
> {
>    localControlDescriptor  LocalControlDescriptor OPTIONAL,
>    localDescriptor              LocalRemoteDescriptor OPTIONAL,
>    remoteDescriptor          LocalRemoteDescriptor OPTIONAL, ...
> }
> LocalRemoteDescriptor ::= SEQUENCE
> {
>    propGrps SEQUENCE OF PropertyGroup, ...
> }
> PropertyParm ::= SEQUENCE
> {
>    name PkgdName,
>    value SEQUENCE OF OCTET STRING,
>    extraInfo CHOICE
>                {
>                   relation Relation,
>                   range BOOLEAN,
>                   sublist BOOLEAN
>                } OPTIONAL,
>                ...
>  }
> **************************************************************
> **************
> **********************************
>
> And the ABNF format is:
>
> **************************************************************
> **************
> **********************************
> streamParm = ( localDescriptor / remoteDescriptor /
> localControlDescriptor )
>
> localDescriptor = LocalToken LBRKT octetString RBRKT
> remoteDescriptor = RemoteToken LBRKT octetString RBRKT
> **************************************************************
> **************
> **********************************
>
> Which is correct?
[PTT]
The ABNF is more general and includes the ASN.1 as a possibility.  Basically
the ABNF allows you to use either SDP or Annex C, whereas the ASN.1 assumes
Annex C plus whatever packages come along to augment or replace it.

>
>
>
> With respect
>
> Nurit Shenhar, AudioCodes
>