cases on situation categories

wsdm message

#1 there is a property which is mydevice:ConnectedTo which indicates the name of the network which the device is currently connected to e.g. Nothing, GSM900, GSM1900, GSM 1800, 802.11g, 802.11.b etc. Such property is writeable and could be set by the manager, so this is configuration. When a property change event has to be generated by an manageability implementation for this device, what would be the situation category to put in the event data: Configuration, Connection or Report? What part of the WSDM spec will be sufficient to describe the choice for an average developer?

#2 there is an OperationalState property and an event is generated for this property change when state transition from DOWN:CRASHED to DOWN:STOPPED. What does one put as a situation category: Availability, Stop or Report? In this case, availability did not change so it is just a report, but the operational state certainly defines the availability. DOWN:STOPPED is a state which indicates that resource is stopped, but its availability didn't really change in case of this transition. However this would not be true if transitioning from UP to DOWN:STOPPED, in that case the availability changes. A) What in the spec would lead one to be crystal clear on which situation category to pick in this case? B) What if the event generator has no knowwledge of the actual resource state model? How would it decide between UP->DOWN:STOPPED and DOWN:CRASHED->DOWN:STOPPED?

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