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Inter-Domain Management: Specification Translation (JIDM_ST)
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Glossary

Abstract Syntax Notation One

(ASN.1) A notation defined in the OSI standards that allows data to be described in a machine-independent fashion.

CCITT

Consultative Committee of International Telegraph and Telephone - an international committee whose membership is composed of government postal, telephone and telegraph agencies (PTTs). Now known by the name ITU-T (International Telcommunications Union - Telecommunications Standardisation Sector).

CMIP

Common Management Information Protocol, defined in ISO/IEC 9596-1: 1991.

CMIS

Common Management Information Service, defined in ISO/IEC 9596: 1991.

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture.

GDMO

Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects: OSI Structure of Management Information, Part 4.

IDL

Interface Definition Language. Since there are several versions/sources of such languages in existence, this specification makes clear it uses the OMG CORBA IDL.

ISO

International Organization for Standardization. A standards organisation with the membership composed of the standards organisations from each participating country. OSI working groups generate the OSI Protocol Suite standards.

ITU-T

International Telcommunications Union - Telecommunications Standardisation Sector - an international committee whose membership is composed of government postal, telephone and telegraph agencies (PTTs). Formerly known as the CCITT (Consultative Committee of International Telegraph and Telephone).

MIB

Management Information Base.

NMF

Network Management Forum.

ODP

Open Distributed Processing: ITU-T Recommendations X.902 and X.903.

OMG

Object Management Group.

RFC

OMG organization's Request for Comments process, whereby a proposer of some technology which the OMG has not (yet) itself proposed submits it in specification form to the OMG "for comment", with the objective of adoption of that technology by the OMG. Compare this with the OMG RFP process.

RFP

OMG organization's Request for Proposals process, whereby the OMG issues a requirements document for some technology, and calls for proposals which answer all or part of the issued requirement. Compare this with the OMG RFC process.

Open Systems Interconnection

(OSI) A set of ISO standards that define a network architecture based on a 7-layer model for communication between open systems. OSI management standards define Configuration, Fault, Performance, Security and Accounting Management.

Protocol Data Unit

The data unit exchanged by peer protocol entities. Examples are APDU (Application Layer), PPDU (Presentation Layer) and SPDU (Session Layer).

PIDL

Pseudo Interface Definition Language.

Simple Network Management Protocol

(SNMP) A protocol for managing IPS networks.

TMN

Telecommunications Management Network.
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