[nmrg] smiv2/sppi/sming integration meeting

[Juergen Schoenwaelder <[e-mail]>]

During the IETF meeting in Pittsburgh, many people expressed that it
is valuable to merge SMIv2/SMIng/SPPI into a single next generation
data definition language to be used at least with SNMP and COPS, but
perhaps also with DIAMETER and other protocols which separate data
definitions from the protocol itself. There is also a NIM requirements
document which identifies language features that are considered
important by the "modeling experts".

I got the impression that the time has come to seriously dive into the
details and to find out whether we can come up with a language
proposal which can actually reduce the number of languages in use
within the IETF for defining data models. In order to move forward
quickly, I am organizing a meeting next month to address this
issue. Here are the logistic details as known right now:

   Date:  September 6-8 (Wednesday-Friday)
   Place: Frankfurt, Germany
   Host:  <under discussion>

Some people who are not members of the NMRG are likely to attend this
meeting in order to get additional subject matter experts involved.

This meeting is intended to dive into the technical details. For this
to be possible, I expect that participants are well prepared and are
willing to work effectively towards the stated goal of the meeting.
In particular, I expect participants to be familiar with the following
documents:

- SMIv2 as defined in RFC 2578-2580

- SMIng as defined in <draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-02.txt>

- SPPI as defined in <draft-ietf-rap-sppi-01.txt>

- NIM requirements as described in <draft-durham-nim-req-01.txt>

Participants should also understand the SNMP and COPS-PR protocols.
Knowledge in other related areas (e.g. diameter, other data definition
languages, mappings between data definition languages) is of course
helpful and welcome.

If you plan to attend, then please drop me a note as soon as possible
so that I can better plan ahead and inform the local host about the
meeting facilities we actually need.

/js

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Juergen Schoenwaelder      Technical University Braunschweig
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