AS/NZS 4151.4:1993

Specifies the relationship between the relevant OSI management Recommendations and International Standards and the definition of managed object classes, and how these Recommendations and International Standards should be used by managed object class definitions, and the appropriate methods to be adopted for the definition of managed object classes and their attributes, notifications, actions and behaviour. This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC 10165-4:1992.

This Recommendation International Standard provides developers of Recommendations and International Standards that contain managed object definitions with guidance that willa) encourage consistency between managed object definitions;b) ensure the development of such definitions in a manner compatible with the OSI management Recommendations and International Standards;c) reduce duplication of effort in other working groups by identifying commonly useful documentation layouts, procedures and definitions.To this end, this Recommendation International Standard specifiesa) the relationships between the relevant OSI management Recommendations and International Standards and the definition of managed object classes, and how those Recommendations and International Standards should be used by managed object class definitions;b) the appropriate methods to be adopted for the definition of managed object classes and their attributes, notifications, actions and behaviour, including1) a summary of aspects that shall be addressed in the definition;2) the notational tools that are recommended to be used in the definition;3) consistency guidelines that the definition may follow.c) the relationship of managed object class definitions to management protocol, and what protocol-related definitions are required;d) the recommended documentation structure for managed object class definitions.This Recommendation International Standard is applicable to the development of any Recommendation International Standard which definesa) management information which is to be transferred or manipulated by means of OSI management protocol;b) the managed objects to which that information relates.This Recommendation International Standard does not specify or implya) any constraints on the development of managed object class definitions in terms of their functionality, the Recommendations International Standards to which they relate, or the uses to which they are put in a particular management environment;b) guidelines for the definition of resources; it provides guidelines only for the definition of the managed objects which provide the management view of resources.

First published as Joint Standard AS/NZS 4151.4:1993.