Subject: [AAA-WG]: Specifying Vendor in Command ABNF

From: Mark Eklund <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:29:59 -0500 (EST)

Submitter name: Mark Eklund
Submitter email address: [email-masked]
Date first submitted: 13-Nov-2001
Reference: 
Document: base
Comment type: E
Priority: 1
Section: 3.2
Rationale/Explanation of issue:

There is no way to specify the vendor id in the ABNF.  Thus a vendor
specific command code cannot be specified.

Requested change:

Change the ABNF in section 3.2 to allow vendor.  I give one suggestion
below, but am open to alternatives.

Change

      header           = "< Diameter-Header:" command-id [r-bit]
                         [p-bit] [e-bit] ">"

to

      header           = "< Diameter-Header:" [vendor-id]command-id [r-bit]

                          [p-bit] [e-bit] ">"

     vendor-id         = 1*DIGIT ":"
                         ; the Vendor-ID field value

-mark