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["Durham, David" <david.durham@intel.com>]

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Next Generation Structure of Management Information (sming)

Wednesday, December 13 at 1530-1730
Thursday, December 14 at 0900-1130
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DESCRIPTION: 

This working group shall develop a standards-track specification for the
next generation data definition language for specifying network management
data. As a starting point, the WG will use the SMIng language developed in
the IRTF Network Management Research Group. SMIng represents a superset of
the SMIv2 (Structure of Management Information v2) and the SPPI (Structure
of Policy Provisioning Information). The objective is to replace both the
SMIv2 and the SPPI with a single, merged language as the data definition
language for the monitoring, configuration, and provisioning of network
devices. 

The language developed will enable the modeling of network management
information in a manner that provides the benefits of object-oriented
design. To achieve this, the language must allow the design of highly
reusable syntactic/semantic components (templates) that can be reused by
multiple IETF working groups for convenience, consistency, and to maximize
interoperability in device management. A registration mechanism will also be
described for reusable components defined using the language so that their
existence and purpose may be archived. 

The language will provide for the definition of a transport-independent
model so as to allow a variety of implementation-specific technologies to be
derived from a single definition. To demonstrate this, the working group
will define two technology specific transport mappings: one for SNMP, and
one for COPS. 

The language will also provide: 

- syntax optimized for parseability, human readability, and non-redundancy 

- conventions for representing inheritance and containment of defined data 

- enhanced attribute-level and association-level constraints 

- a maximal amount of machine-parseable syntax so that programmatic tools
  can aid in modeling and implementation 

- a language extension capability 

This working group will also define typical usage scenarios for the language
and highlight its features. Finally, it will develop a framework by which
reusable components specified using this language can be registered and made
readily available for continued reuse and improvement. 

The working group will not define models for specific technologies, except
as required for illustrative examples. Specific models are to be developed
by the subject matter experts using the SMIng in the appropriate technology
specific WGs. 

AGENDA:

 * First Session, WEDNESDAY, December 13, 2000:
        - Review of agenda (5 mins)
        - Introduction of WG (chair, 15 mins)
                - documents
                - milestones
        - Vision of SMIng (Juergen Schoenwaelder, 20 mins) 
        - Review of preliminary requirements (Andrea Westerinen, 20 mins)
        - Overview of the SMIng language features given requirements
          (Juergen Schoenwaelder, 30 mins)
 
 * Second Session, THURSDAY, December 14, 2000:
        - SMIng Language presentation: specifics & examples 
          (Keith McCloghrie & Juergen Schoenwaelder, 60 mins)
        - General discussion from the floor (30 mins) 
        - Open issues (Juergen Schoenwaelder, 30 mins)
        - Call for document contributors given charter goals 
          (chair, 20 mins)
        - Wrap-up (10 mins)

Documents for discussion:

- SMIng - Next Generation Structure of Management Information
  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-04.txt

  This memo presents an object-oriented data definition language for
  the specification of various kinds of management information. It is
  independent of management protocols and applications. Protocol
  mappings are defined as extensions to this language in separate
  memos. The language builds on experiences gained with the SMIv2 and
  its derivate SPPI. It is expected that the language presented in
  this memo along with its protocol mappings will replace the SMIv2
  and the SPPI in the long term.

- SMIng Core Modules
  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-modules-01.txt

  This memo presents an SMIng module that introduces core data types
  such as counters, date and time related types, and various string
  types. These definitions build on RFC 2578 and RFC 2579.

- SMIng Internet Core Modules
 
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-inet-modules-01.tx
t

  This memo presents SMIng modules that introduce commonly used
  Internet Protocol specific data definitions.  They are provided so
  that other SMIng modules that would otherwise define their own
  representations can import them from a common place.

- SMIng Mappings to SNMP
  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-snmp-01.txt

  This memo presents an SMIng language extension that supports the
  mapping of SMIng definitions of identities, classes, and their
  attributes and events to dedicated definitions of nodes, scalar
  objects, tables and columnar objects, and notifications for
  application in the SNMP management framework.