On (11 Nov 02) andrew clarke wrote to Rick Van Ruth...

Hello andrew,

 ac> Because the HRL won't necessarily list nodes in hierachical order,
 ac> although maybe it should, just to reduce confusion.

 ac> What do others think?  Should a new nodelist format list nodes in
 ac> hierachical order like the St Louis format does?  And why.  ;-)

From a non-technical point of view. "Region" is more of a "point of
reference" than anything. The Node number is "Zone:Net/Node.Point, not
"Zone:Region/Net/Node.Point :)

The St. Louis format lists in an order that divide the Nodelist into
Regions as a reference and division. With the St. Louis format, there
could be several "Net100"s in different Regions and/or Regions in
Zones. 

A new format should have an "order" and that "order", if adopted,
would be the Hierarchy. IE:
1:100/100
1:101/100
and so forth. The simple act of numerical order is a Hierarchy. :)

So, if Fidonet is to keep the current Zone Region Net Node hierarchy,
yes, we need that in the new format. If not, then no, we don't need
it.

Confused yet?? :-)


Frank

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