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by Larry Peterson :: Rate this Message:

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Robert is right. For symmetry's sake, we might drop the word
ticket and replace it with "resource credential" (the counterpart
being a "slice credential" issued by a slice authority).

Larry

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Robert P Ricci <ricci@...> wrote:

> Thus spake Heidi Picher Dempsey on Wed, May 21, 2008 at 09:57:12AM -0400:
>> Below are some comments on the OMIS use cases that we posted on the
>> wiki a while ago.  What do folks on this list think about using the
>> term "token" instead of "ticket" for control descriptions to avoid
>> future confusion between the overlapping term "ticket" that ops and
>> control both currently use?
>
> The word "token" is already used in the architecture documents to refer
> to a system built on top of tickets by brokers, which might permit
> over-booking or other economic models more complex than the simple
> semantics of a ticket. So, that name isn't an option.
>
> It seems like a few of the groups that are implementing prototypes are
> finding it convenient to treat a ticket as a particular type of
> credential. So, it's probably worth considering whether "resource
> credential" or something similar would work as an alternate name.
>
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