OFW node names

[Segher Boessenkool]

>> Apple sometimes uses AAPL.  Never seen the ONNNNNN thing.
>
> matches the US stock symbol, goodness.

Yeah.  Wow.  They also use "aapl", of course -- or nothing
at all.  Or "apl" in at least one case.

>>> My view has been limited to the IBM platform.  According to the
>>> examples, this is a recommended practice.  I know IBM uses the
>>> lowercase variant.
>>
>> Which _is_ allowed, although discouraged.
>
> Ok, but who enforces it?  Vendor polices themselves?  Right. :->

If there is a comma, the part before the first comma is supposed
to be a vendor identifier.  The actual format of that is allowed
to be basically anything, even by the OF standard itself.  The
less ambiguous formats are encouraged though...


Segher