Fibre Channel (FC) Frame Encapsulation
draft-ietf-ips-fcencapsulation-08

[Note]: 'PAF approved an RFC-Editor note - one had been proposed earlier but it was not accepted.  This one means the draft can be approved.  Text follows. [2002-Jan-18] NOTE: All uses of the words "character or "characters" in this section refer to 8bit/10bit link encoding wherein each 8 bit "character" within a link frame is encoded as a 10 bit "character" for link transmission.  These words do not refer to ASCII, Unicode, or any other form of text characters, although octets from such characters will occur as 8 bit "characters" for this encoding.  This usage is employed here for consistency with the ANSI T11 standards that specify Fibre Channel. The RFC Editor is instructed to insert this note into Section 5.1 of the FC Encapsulation draft and into Appendix F of the FCIP draft.' added by Amy Vezza

PAF approved an RFC-Editor note - one had been proposed earlier but it was not accepted.  This one means the draft can be approved.  Text follows. [2002-Jan-18]

NOTE: All uses of the words "character or "characters" in this section refer to 8bit/10bit link encoding wherein each 8 bit "character" within a link frame is encoded as a 10 bit "character" for link transmission.  These words do not refer to ASCII, Unicode, or any other form of text characters, although octets from such characters will occur as 8 bit "characters" for this encoding.  This usage is employed here for consistency with the ANSI T11 standards that specify Fibre Channel.

The RFC Editor is instructed to insert this note into Section 5.1 of the FC Encapsulation draft and into Appendix F of the FCIP draft.

Discuss from PAF about use of word "character" in two of the docs in relation to the 8b/10b coding, confusing and not even very consistent - comment conveyed to chairs and request them to work with authors and WGs [2002-Nov-15]