2024‐03‐12 TAPI Meeting Minutes

Date

• 12 March 2024

Disclaimer: ONF is disbanding and merging into Linux Foundation. Until is not fully clarified and agreed under which entity this project will land, no final decisions will be taken by the TAPI team for the TAPI next versions. TAPI team will at most agree recommendations, with final agreement postponed.

Attendees

• Andrea Mazzini
• Esther Le Rouzic (TIP OOPT/MUST)
• Nigel Davis
• Roshan Joyce
• Leo Nederlof
• Gabriele Galimberti
• Dominique Verchere
• Anders Lindgren

Tentative agenda:

• General update
  • Update on Linux Foundation
  • 2.5.0 Review: review issues and patches
  • Proposal to close all issues older than 2023
• Photonic Model: continue the fix/update of the transceiver provisioning model
  • check transceiver profile parameters
• Continue the discussion on digital payload of photonic media
• Model for Multi-technology Network Interface

Next Call, March 19

• Update on Linux Foundation
• 2.5.0 Review: approve draft patches
• Photonic Model: continue the fix/update of the transceiver provisioning model
  • check transceiver profile parameters
• Continue the discussion on digital payload of photonic media
• Model for Multi-technology Network Interface
• Review 2.6.0 plan, agree priorities, assign owners

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Discussion item 1

General update

40 mins

1. Move to LF

   • No updates regarding the TR-547/8 copyright
     • No indication if the name will remain TR or something different
   • Agreed to upload the TAPI 2.4.0 blog at Github (2.5.0 draft already present)
   • Nigel and Lyndon have provided the MoU draft to TIP for review
     • Lyndon has forwarded the copy reviewed by TIP to Scott Nicholas at Linux Foundation for final review and approval
   • Andrea will contact Kam to start planning the publication of TAPI at ITU-T
     • Explore a possible MoU also with ITU-T and MEF

2. Bugs, Patches

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Discussion item 2

Transceiver Model

70 mins

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