RE: Proposed IETF Working Group: sming

["Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>]

Dan, new-work@ietf.org is a mailing list on which we (IETF) and also
other organisations can post plans for new work. The idea is that we get 
any possible feedback/comments before actually approving a new WG.

I believe that you can post your comments to the new-work mailing list,
but if it fails, then I need to check with Steve Coya. Maybe Steve
can give a direct answer too.

Bert


> ----------
> From: 	Dan Romascanu[SMTP:dromasca@avaya.com]
> Sent: 	Sunday, October 22, 2000 12:20 PM
> To: 	mibs@ops.ietf.org; 'bwijnen@lucent.com'
> Subject: 	FW: Proposed IETF Working Group: sming
> 
> Bert,
> 
> Where can this description be discussed? Does this proposed Working Group
> have a list of its own? 
> 
> On a more general tone, is there a 'standard' place and procedure for
> discussing such new activities? What is 'new-work@ietf.org'?
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	The IESG [SMTP:iesg-secretary@ietf.org]
> > Sent:	Fri October 20 2000 15:16
> > To:	IETF-Announce; @loki.ietf.org@ihrh2.emsr.lucent.com
> > Cc:	new-work@ietf.org
> > Subject:	Proposed IETF Working Group: sming
> > 
> > A new IETF working group has been proposed in the Operations and
> > Management Area. The IESG has not made any determination as yet.
> > 
> > The following Description was submitted, and is provided for
> > informational purposes:
> > 
> > Next Generation Structure of Management Informatio (sming)
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> >  
> >  Current Status: Proposed Working Group
> >  
> > Description of Working Group:
> >  
> > This working group shall develop a standards-track specification for the
> > next generation data definition language for specifying network 
> > management data.  The language will be based on the SMIng 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 for 
> > defining information 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
> > information 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, & 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 data models, except as required for
> > illustrative examples and the refactoring of existing data models.
> > Specific data models are to be developed by the subject matter experts 
> > using the SMIng in the appropriate technology specific WGs.
> >  
>