RE: [wsdm] Terminology in the requirements

["Andrea Westerinen" <andreaw@cisco.com>]

Mark, I agree in general with the definitions, except for one....
"manageability capabilities".  We have found in the DMTF that
capabilities and current choices/configuration are different things.
For example, your manageability information may have the capability to
be input or output in 4 different languages, but your current
configuration is to use English.  I would rather use the term
"manageability information" to convey properties, operations and events
that can be exposed - and then change the definitions as follows:

Manageable implies that a resource can effectively be managed by a
Manager (no change)

Manageability implies the existence of a sufficient set of manageability
INTERFACES and INFORMATION such that a resource is manageable (removed
the word, capabilities)

Manager is the consumer of manageability INFORMATION offered by
resources, THROUGH ONE OR MORE MANAGEABILITY INTERFACES (removed the
word, capabilities, and added the phrase regarding interfaces)

Manageability INFORMATION INCLUDES properties, operations and events
exposed for the management of a resource (removed the words,
capabilities include)

Management is the utilization of the manageability INTERFACES TO OBTAIN
MANAGEABILITY INFORMATION by a Manager (removed the word, capabilities) 

Managed implies that a resource's manageability INFORMATION IS actively
being utilised by a Manager (removed the words, capabilities are)

Manageability interface is the interface through which manageability
INFORMATION IS exposed (removed the words, capabilities are)

Manageability endpoint is the address at which the manageability
interface can be accessed (no change)

MANAGEABILITY CAPABILITIES DESCRIBE THE POSSIBLE MANAGEABILITY
INTERFACES, THEIR CONFIGURATION AND INFORMATION THAT CAN BE EXPOSED
THROUGH THESE INTERFACES (new)

Andrea

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Potts [mailto:mark.potts@talkingblocks.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:18 PM
To: Mark Potts; Ellen Stokes; homayoun@hp.com
Cc: Sedukhin, Igor S; wsdm@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [wsdm] Terminology in the requirements


Sorry... The terminology doesnt read as well with the HTML formatting
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	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Mark Potts 
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	To: Ellen Stokes; homayoun@hp.com 
	Cc: Sedukhin, Igor S; wsdm@lists.oasis-open.org 
	Subject: RE: [wsdm] Terminology in the requirements