RFC 3466 (rfc3466) - Page 2 of 17
A Model for Content Internetworking (CDI)
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RFC 3466 A Model for Content Internetworking (CDI) February 2003 9. Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 10. Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1. Introduction Content networks are of increasing importance to the overall architecture of the Web. This document presents a vocabulary for use in developing technology for interconnecting content networks, or "content internetworking". The accepted name for the technology of interconnecting content networks is "content internetworking". For historical reasons, we abbreviate this term using the acronym CDI (from "content distribution internetworking"). Earlier names relied on analogy with peering and interconnection of IP networks; thus we had "content peering" and "CDN peering". All of these other names are now deprecated, and we have worked to establish consistent usage of "content internetworking" and "CDI" throughout the documents of the IETF CDI group. The terminology in this document builds from the previous taxonomy of web caching and replication in RFC 3040 [3]. In particular, we have attempted to avoid the use of the common terms "proxies" or "caches" in favor of more specific terms defined by that document, such as "caching proxy". Section 2 provides background on content networks. Section 3 introduces the terms used for elements of a content network and explains how those terms are used. Section 4 provides additional background on interconnecting content networks, following which Section 5 introduces additional terms and explains how those internetworking terms are used. 2. Content Networks The past several years have seen the evolution of technologies centered around "content". Protocols, appliances, and entire markets have been created exclusively for the location, download, and usage tracking of content. Some sample technologies in this area have included web caching proxies, content management tools, intelligent "web switches", and advanced log analysis tools. Day, et al. Informational
