[802.3_GEPOF] Company ID or Company Identifier choose NOW
Colleagues:
It is time that we have to make a choice, the thread has gone dead. I have advocated reasons for Company ID, while Pat has advocated mostly for Company Identifier, not much in the way of opinion from others. RAC members, please make your choice Company ID or Company Identifier in a reply to the reflector.
Three 802 revision ballots are open right now (P802.3, P802.11, P802.15.4), and Angela has requested review from all of you. P802.3 closes 24 April, so I need your vote fast.
Observations:
1. Registration Authority home page has Company Identifier, click on that and everything else is Company ID (product page, application, assignment letter, etc.
2. Company Identifier is in P802.3/D4.0, other projects need a choice for what to put into their document.
3. IEEE Std 802 lists our products in Table 1, and it is Company ID, though CID in the acronyms is expanded to company identifier.
4. P802.3 uses company identifier as generic for OUI or CID in multiple places.
—Bob