Re: transfers doco

[Andrei Robachevsky <andrei@ripe.net>]

George Michaelson wrote:
[...]>
> So what is an effective transfer?
> 
> 1) its deterministic. people can see predictable behaviour during its
>    steps
> 
> 2) up to understood points, its either reversible, or stoppable
> 
> 3) beyond certain points, its irrevocable and complete (you can always
>    do a reverse-transfer, but that's another transaction)
> 

Should validity of a transferred resource be a requirement (i.e.
validation should succeed at all times during the transfer) ?

> I think what we have on the table is heading in the right direction.
> -the elemental operations are looking simple enough we can understand
> them, the sequence of application also looks to be understandable, and
> the back out and commit points can be seen.
> 
> -George

Andrei