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Tom H: WGLC Additions to terminology in Section 3 #35

Open gorryfair opened 2 months ago

gorryfair commented 2 months ago

Definition of User-- in most other protocols User means users as in people. I think Application would be a better term for this document

SAFE and UNSAFE options should be defined in this section

(Added by GF during WGLC)

Mike-Heard commented 2 months ago

I concur with the addition of crisp definitions of SAFE and UNSAFE in this section, and I propose the following definitions:

A SAFE option is one that does not change the UDP user data or how it is interpreted and thus can be safely ignored by a receiver that does not understand it.

An UNSAFE option is one that does change the UDP user data or how it is interpreted and thus cannot be safely ignored by a receiver that does not understand it.

See also Issue #40 and Issue #23 (closed).

gorryfair commented 2 months ago

I'd expect a definition of user could be added to the terminology. For me (as an individual), the "User" in the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is the application or upper-layer protocol that operates over UDP.