Suggestions for MIB browsers

["David T. Perkins" <dperkins@dsperkins.com>]

HI,

How do you think MIB browsers should display info about objects,
notifications, variables, etc.

For example, the vast majority of MIB browers show an "OID tree" for
selecting objects to be used in retrieval and modification operations,
and show identification of returned variables in dotted OID format
for GETNEXT walks. Is this format a poor choice? Would a better choice
be like the following: <module-name>"::"<descriptor> (for example,
TCP-MIB::tcpConnState)?  Also, last I looked, there was not standard
way to show the index values of a variable, other than an OID fragement,
such as tcpConnState.10.23.45.5.22.10.23.45.6.45012. Would a standard
approach add value, such as 
tcpConnState[10.23.45.5][22][10.23.45.6][45012] or
tcpConnState[10.23.45.5, 22, 10.23.45.6, 45012]

And, if a MIB browser was prompting for the index values it would
be in a format like the following (where the "..." is a place
to enter a value):
 --------------------------------------------------------------
 |  tcpConnState[                                             |
 |     tcpConnLocalAddress {IpAddress},      ..............   |
 |     tcpConnLocalPort {INTEGER(0..65535)}, ..............   |
 |     tcpConnRemAddress {IpAddress},        ..............   | 
 |     tcpConnRemPort {INTEGER(0..65535)}]   ..............   |
 --------------------------------------------------------------

Regards,
/david t. perkins