STANDARDS Landscape Information Collection Form
[DRAFT v3.1]  

INSTRUCTIONS:  For use by Participating SDOs in describing specifications that have been submitted to standardization and may be relevant to collaborative work on the management of networked resources.  Please complete and return to Winston_bumpus@dell.com .  Please provide only unrestricted public information, as all results will be compiled, and widely distributed to the participating SDOs without restrictions on further publication.  

IDENTIFICATION	
1. The name of the specification		
2. The version number (or other distinct identifier) of the most recently approved version of the specification.  		
3. If the specification is part of a group of explicitly related specifications from the same source, the name of the group of specifications.		

SOURCE	
4. The name of the SDO that generated/authored/hosted the specification.		
5. The level of approval that the SDO has conferred on the specification as described by the SDO's process.		
6. The level of approval of the specification in this generic lifecycle taxonomy:  	O	Proposed work	
	O	Contributions received	
	O	Preliminary SDO draft	
	X	Initial public review	
	O	First final approval	
	O	Adoption and maintenance	
	O	End-of-life (superceded, withdrawn, etc.)	
6. URI for the normative text of the specification 		
7. URI for the SDO 		
8. The language or languages in which the specification is available. 		

SUBJECT	
9.  Which of the ITU-T TMN FCAPS model layers does the specification's functionality address? 	O	Fault Management: Fixing broken resources.	
	O	Configuration Management: Controlling a resource's operational parameters.	
	O	Accounting Management: Recording and analyzing resource use..	
	O	Performance Management: Controlling speed and efficiency of resource use.	
	O	Security Management: Controlling access to resources. 	
10.  Where does the specification directly operate, as among the layers defined in the ISO Open System Interconnect (OSI) model? 	O	Physical layer	
	O	Data link layer	
	O	Network layer	
	O	Transport layer	
	O	Session layer	
	O	Presentation layer 	
	O	Application layer.	

OPTIONAL	
11. [Optional] URI for the applicable SDO's patent and copyright rules, if any, applicable to development and use of the specification.		
12. [Optional] URI for the SDO's posting location,  (if any) for notices from participants or individuals regarding claims under item 6.3c.		
13. [Optional]  Certification test activity for the specification (by owner name or URI).		
14. [Optional]  Known implementations of the specification (by owner name or URI).		
15. [Optional] A short statement (<100 words) of the purpose and function of the specification.	

	
16. [Optional] A list (or URI pointer to same) of the other specifications that are explicitly referenced in the specification.		
17. [Optional] A list (or URI pointer to same) of other specifications with which the specification may (speculatively) interoperate or act in complementary, compatible fashion. 		
18. [Optional] A list (or URI pointer to same) of other similar or applicable specifications.  (Whether or not substitutable.)