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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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